Haven Gardens, Hampshire

Puya chilensis 2012

My Puya chilensis, grown from seed (background removed)

More 2012 updates available soon... including images of the development of my Puya chilensis bloom and Diamond Jubilee planting!

Orchid images (cont.)

BCSS - Woking Branch Autumn Show 2011

Aloe microstigma (Third Prize) Haworthia attenuata (Third Prize) Echeveria 'Duchess of Nuremberg' + Echeveria 'Black Prince'
Kalanchoe Sculpture Crassula coccinea + Echeveria 'Black Knight' Sempervivum calcareum (x2) & Sempervivum tectorum 'Hens and Chicks' + Echeveria glauca

Britain in Bloom - Fleet & Church Crookham in Bloom 2011

Front Garden 2011 entry

Local Horticultural Show 2011

Begonia 'Yellow', grown for local Hort. Soc. Show (First Prize) Dahlia 'Viking' (First Prize)
Fern or Foliar plant (First Prize) Fuchsia (First Prize) 5''pot plant - calceolaria or Lady's Slipper 'Sunset Mixed', grown for local Hort. Soc. Show (First Prize)
9 Shallots(First Prize) Lily one flower spike 'Starburst' (First Prize) Single Dahlia 'Plum Ball' (First Prize)
Begonia 'Yellow', grown for local Hort. Soc. Show (First Prize)

Debbie Frosdick Memorial Plate for Lily Foster and Heanes trophy for vase of dahlias from President of Society 9x First Prize, 2x Second Prize, 2x Third Prize

Society's Show newsletter

Orchid images (cont.)

Dracunculs vulgaris 2011

Dracunculus vulgaris information slide

Dracunculus vulgaris (Dragon arum)

Cordyline in bloom 2011

Cordyline australis

Christmas Photographic Competition 2010

Vanda orchid 'Ruby Moon' (photo taken at RHS Wisley)

Second Prize in Class 1

Autumn 2010

Dahlia 'Charlie Dimmock'
Yucca filamentosa 'Colour-guard'

Fuchsia Crassula coccinea (from seed)
Ricinus communis (from seed) Cosmos 'Sea Shells' (from seed)

Late summer 2010

Good year for Victoria plums after all the snow!
Maybe a quarter of the harvest and not the largest fruit!

Front garden border Stone trough

Gazania 'Tiger stripes', from seed Mixed hanging basket (cont.)

Wall planter

Furcraea info slide Furcraea bulblets, a gift from Mike N. and Tresco Abbey Garden (autumn 2009)
Furcraea plants, nearly 1-year old Furcraea plant nearly 1-year old

Summer 2010

Petunia miniflora Mini Bella Picotee (from seed)

Lobelia tupa, from seed

Succulents hanging basket - Carpobrotus edulis (from seed), Xerochrysum bracteatum 'Sundaze Flame', green auricula (from seed) Bedding - Tomato 'Totem' (from seed), petunia, fuchsia, 'Amazon Sunset' Parrot's Beak
Helenium 'Sahin's Early Flowerer'
Bedding trough Lily
Dahlia 'Mary Evelyn' Dahlia 'Arabian Night'

Puya 2010

Puya info slide

Puya chilensis, spring (from seed)

Puya chilensis, summer (from seed)

Cordyline 2010

Cordyline australis

Crassula 2010

Crassula info slide

Crassula coccinea, from seed

Local Horticultural Show 2010 - RHS Banksian Medal Winner

Summer 2010

Summer Summer
Summer Summer

Clipping box

Box ball

Late spring 2010

Echium russicum, survived all the snow! Hesperis matronalis (sweet rocket), from seed Roses

Reluctant spring 2010

Webcam image of part of the back garden - narcissi appeared finally!

Trachycarpus fortunei seedlings potted up, a gift bare-root from a friend

Severe winter 2009-10

Contoneaster with snow Gorse with snow before heavy damage
Icicles Icicles

Autumn 2009

Puya chilensis (grown from seed)

Gentian - true blue in the autumn garden Nicotiana paniculata

Victoria plums Nicotiana paniculata
Cut dahlia 'Charlie Dimmock'

Late Summer 2009

Dahlia 'Viking'

Bonsai Succulent hanging basket - Carpobrotus (pink and orange forms) + Bracteantha Sundaze 'Flame' Hollyhock

Local Horticultural Show 2009

Dahlia 'Foster and Heanes Trophy�; 5 First, 2 Second and a third prize

Single lily stem

Fuchsia Courgettes (3) Cactus/succulent (Echeveria 'Duchess of Nuremberg')
Foliage plant (Hosta) Potatoes (4)

Crassula coccinea 2009

Crassula info slide

Crassula in May Crassula in June
Crassula in Mid-July

Early Summer 2009

June 2009 Nemophila 'Five Spot' - June 2009

June 2009

Cordyline blooms 2009

10th May, over a dozen flower spikes

10th May, over a dozen flower spikes
20th May, flowers preparing to open

20th May, flowers preparing to open

24th May, flowers preparing to open

31st May, flowers opening

3rd June, flowers open

Late Spring 2009

Echeveria 'Duchess of Nuremberg'

Tulip 'Antoinette' - Also known as the Chameleon Tulip - Each flower starts pale yellow, then pink edges appear and matures to a lovely salmon orange/red Same long lived, multi-headed, tulips two weeks later!

Snow 2009

Part of the initial eight inches of snow. Photos taken before I started clearing snow from evergreen and delicate plants.

Orchids 2008-2009

Autumn 2008

Snowy tree fern

Cordyline Chrysanthemum

Abutilon Dahlia 'Chat Noir'
Dahlia 'Lemon Zing' Dahlia
Dahlia Dahlia

Cordyline Dahlias
Dahlias

Sunflower at 2997 mm (9'10")

Sunflower - higher than the cherry tree!

Late summer 2008

Summer 2008

Cuphea Ignea

Cosmidium

Local Horticultural Show 2008

Single lily stem ('Miss Lucy') - click for larger image

Pot plant in bloom, pot <5 inch diameter (Cuphea Ignea) - click for larger image

Foliage plant (Begonia) - click for larger image

Cactus/succulent - click for larger image

Vase of Dahlias ('Canary Fubuki') - click for larger image

Pot plant in bloom, pot >5 inch diameter (Orchid - Cymbidium) - click for larger image

Me with two trophies. 34 pts in Hort classes: 4x First, 4x Second, 1x Third Prize - click for larger image. So many things had gone wrong 4 weeks before the show I wasn't going to enter, so glad I did!

Summer 2008

Tuberous begonia - click for larger image

Flowers in trough opening in early July - all plants from seed/tuber Trough with Dahlia 'Pooh' and Echium vulgare 'Blue Bedder' in bloom

Hanging basket