Chelsea 2014

Not really finished, but its getting stale already!

I've put my photos on my blog, with some minor comments.

http://kgarden.wordpress.com/2014/05/21/chelsea-2014/

They are mostly of specific plants, that caught my eye, but also a few of the show gardens

Here's a list of specific plants I saw, if any of them are things you are on the lookout for them there is a corresponding photo in the blog article

Abies numidicia
Anchusa
Arisaema sikokianum
Beech Balls
Begonia Connie Boswell
Begonia Fireworks
Begonia Hatacoa Silver
Begonia Little Brother Montgomery
Begonia Sizemoreae
Begonia Wall
Christopher Lisney Garden Sculpture
Cornus florida Rainbow
Cornus kousa chinensis China Girl
Costus barbatus
Cryptomeria japonica Globosa Nana
Euphorbia x pasteurii John Phillips
Foxtail Lilies
Heliconia
Heliconia Rostrata Ten Day Wonder
Iris 'Black Tie Affair' - Love the name!
Iris Black Knight
Iris Obsidian
Kazuyuki Ishihara's artisan garden
Liquidambar styraciflua Worplesdon Pleach Screen
Lupinus Beefeater
Lupinus Masterpiece
Lupinus Red Rum
Lysimachia atropurpurea Beaujolais
Lysimachia Atropurpurea Beaujolais and Aquilegia stellata Ruby Port
Peony Black Pirate
Peony Scarlet Heaven
Peony Vesuvian
Polygonatum stenanthum
Poppy Black Peony
Rodgersia podophylla
Salvia nemorosa Caradonna
Scadoxus mutliflorus
Silene fimbriata
Trillium Askival Hybrid
Trillium chloropetalum
Zantedeschia Black Star
Zantedeschia Memories

 

Fab photos! Some stunning plants.

I liked how your angle of the Christopher Lisney garden broom had the giant wheelie bin in the background - whether by accident or design, it made me chuckle

 

Nice post Kristen.

I don't like that Heliconia without the foliage - some misguided arty type got involved there methinks.
And that Polygonatum stenanthum! That is deffo on the wish list

 

You are too kind, thanks

Showing my ignorance now! Which one was that? I had assumed they were full-plants, rather than construed ones

Me too. It was blinking tall ...

What sort of name if Begonia Sizemoreae? They definitely got the Summer Intern to name that one!

"You must have done Latin at school recently, come up with a name for that one"

"Which one?"

"The one over there with the leaves which have more size than the other ones, eh?"

"That one there?"

"Aye"

"Sizemoreae?"

"Perfect"

Readily available I think. Trouble I have with those Cornus kousa & C. florida (apart from the fact that they want a more acid soil than mine :( ) is that they are all blinking lovely ... choosing one/some/several is impossible ... I need THE LOT!.

Cornus x 'Eddie's White Wonder' for example (I reckon that is the best-of-the-bunch ).


http://www.bluebellnursery.com/catalogue/trees/Cornus/C/5203288

BlueBell Nursery says "Looks very nice when planted near Cornus kousa 'China Girl', another dogwood with white bracts which flowers a little later, so the bracts of the 'China Girl' are coming into their best as the bracts of the 'Eddies White Wonder' fade and go over." - so I need one of those then

China Girl - an improved form of Cornus kousa chinensis (that good news, I don't need that one TOO!)



Cornus kousa 'Miss Satomi' - more of the same, but this time in Pink





http://www.bluebellnursery.com/catalogue/trees/Cornus/C/775

Cornus kousa 'Schmetterling' - if you want a vigorous / large plant

Various Cornus Florida Cherokee varieties - white or pink flowers / variegated leaves



cracking autumn colour from those Cornus varieties too ...

and then there is Cornus controversa ‘Variegata’ - I've planted one of them at the end of a hedge-lined "walk" here, as a centre-piece (although it is currently tiny!). It gets a Bob's Score (on CGF) of 9 - that's rare praise indeed


Told you it was tiny!

Its supposed to do this:


like a wedding cake

Right! I'll shut up now

 

Great pics Kristen , and not a marigold in site !

 

Sorry about that! There might ahve been some in the Marquee - but if so I forgot to photo them

 

Great photos Kristen.....what day did you go to Chelsea. we were there on the Tuesday

 

Oh nice ! I want Arisaema sikokianum and I want it now. Wonder if its hardy ?

 

Wednesday ... I think that suits me, one more evening wibble on Beeb [compared to Tuesday], before the visit, to get the low-down on stuff that I might want to see / understand / etc.

 

Translate "wibble" please:

I thought a "wibble" was akin to ... ... but, that doesn't appear in context with the above

 

Now now, no tantrums please!

Wet,during the winter, would be the issue (causing it to rot). All my Arisaemas are ion plunged-pots, bought in for the winter just so that they are drier.

Ben Candlin is a good source of Info (and tubers )

http://www.bencandlin.co.uk/advice

 

Rabbiting on ... and on ... and on

 

Ah, maybe I have a tendency to "wibble" (K-style) when I "wibble" (M-style) hence the confusion

 

Kristen - Heliconia are a member of the ginger family, so no ferny foliage! Here's a pic lifted from the web (all mine are too close to show the plant well)....................