This week

From around the corner in Brookmill Park, well worth the walk to see this Mandarin drake in his finery...He often makes the journey up to Greenwich Park in search of a mate!

A late Salvia guaranitica "Black & Blue" and Cotoneaster horizontalis contrasting nicely with Cytisus sp.

Long Border

Still looking good despite the late season

Island bed Autumn Winter 2009

Planted up with winter flowering pansies and spring forget me nots

The border this week

Late summer/autumn colour

Views through the park

This week

Views of the late summer border

Views along the border

Views along the border

Out this week

Out this week

Acanthus mollis, lychnis coronaria and Nictotiana langsdorfii

Long Border

Views up & down

Out this week

Penstemon 'Hot Lips' and Annual & Perennial Sunflowers

Out this week

Hollyhocks

View along the main border and Stipa gigantia and Verbena bonariensis

Island bed planted out with French Marigolds, and Lychnis coronaria and opium poppies

Out this week

Foxgloves, Onapordum, Geranium psilostemon and Knautia macedonia

Out this week

Foxgloves and Knautia Macedonia

This week

Siberian irises and Cirsium against a backdrop of Erysimum 'Bowles Mauve'

Out this week

Rosa rugosa, Osteospermum, Echium and the Island Bed

Island bed 2009

Out this week

Island bed in full bloom and white lilac