Flower Picture Gallery

Flowers are important to gardeners, and we all have our favourite annuals, perennials and flowering shrubs. Sometimes we choose a shrub of plant solely because of the colour or style of its flowers, and can be terribly disappointed with their transient nature. But would we want our plants to flower for ever? The photographs in the Gallery are a mixture of small and big, tidy and messy flowers.

Raindrop on Camellia...
Mon 3rd Oct 2005
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Pink petals of my favourite deep pink Camellia, with a few artistic raindrops!

Unknown Lily...
Sat 9th Apr 2005
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I don't what to say about this lily - even if it's an Asiatic or an Oriental. My local nursery lady threw it in with a trailer load of bargain bin scruffs I was taking home. A gardening friend thinks it could possibly be called Stargazer...

Moosey Hybrid Dahlia...
Wed 10th Mar 2004
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This multi-coloured dahlia must have been created by my bees! I only have plain red and plain yellow ones in the garden.

Species Daylily...
Sun 25th Nov 2001
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I have several clumps of this rust coloured species daylily.

Hemerocallis...
Sun 25th Nov 2001
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Close up detail of the pollen laden stamens on a species Hemerocallis

Centaurea Montana...
Wed 21st Nov 2001
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This perennial has smooth dull green leaves and its blue-violet flowers have a delicate lacy look.

Yellow Chrysanthemum...
Wed 21st Nov 2001
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This chrysanthemum brightens up the doorway of the glass-house in late autumn.

Red Canna in Flower...
Thu 15th Nov 2001
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This Canna flower is just starting to unfold.

Blue Scabious...
Mon 12th Nov 2001
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This cultivar is called Butterfly Blue, and flowers almost non stop throughout the year.

Arcotis...
Sun 11th Nov 2001
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Arcotis grow in the rock wall alongside the laundry side of the house.

Lavender Bract...
Thu 8th Nov 2001
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I have a lot of different types of lavender bushes planted in the garden.

Soft Orange Dahlia...
Fri 30th Mar 2001
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This soft orange dahlia is planted on its own in Middle Border. The colour is very beautiful.

Blue Pansy...
Wed 28th Feb 2001
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Each pansy flower in the garden has a different face, though the markings on each are always symmetric..

Shasta Daisies...
Sun 25th Feb 2001
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These Shasta daisies would grow everywhere if I allowed them to. They have a most peculiar smell.

Cream Pansy...
Thu 1st Feb 2001
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A subtle graduation of cream tones through to yellow on this pansy.

Dark Pink Phlox...
Thu 1st Feb 2001
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This is one of my favourite phloxes, which flowers in mid summer. The leaves are dark green with reddish tones.