Flower Gallery
The following images were taken years ago before digital cameras were widespread. They are from the the first web site I ever designed which is a long time ago. Most were photographed using a Minolta SLR on to 35mm film and then scanned using a flat bed scanner. I hope to add to this list and will replace those images where I have a better quality replacement.
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| Aconitum carmichaelli 'Bicolour' | Tatton Park flower show | ||
| Allium cernuum | A lovely and unusual ornemental onion. About 2 feet. From my own seed raised colony. | ||
| Allium sphaerocephalum | Tatton Park flower show | ||
| anemone trullifolia | Beautiful alpine | ||
| Aquilegia fragrans | growing in my garden | ||
| Aquilegia longissima | Long spurs, yellow | ||
| Aquilegia 'Magpie' | Dark purple and white. Also known as William Guiness | ||
| Aquilegia 'Nora Barlow' | Double. Lovely red and white. I hunted this one down after seeing it at erdigg House. | ||
| Aquilegia skinnerii | Lovely red and yellow that is repeat flowering. | ||
| Astible pink | A beautiful plant for a damp soil. | ||
| Berkheya purpurea | Tatton Park flower show | ||
| Campanula 'incurva' | Tatton Park flower show | ||
| Cephalaria gigantea | growing in my garden | ||
| Clematis heracleifolia | at Ness Gardens. A herbaceous clematis flowering in late summer | ||
| Clematis orientalis | growing in my garden. Very pretty but rampant. | ||
| Clematis rehderiana | In my garden. Beautiful and scented flowers late summer to autumn. | ||
| Corydalis flexuosa | at Ness Gardens. | ||
| Crinodendron hookerianum | Photo 2 | Ness Gardens. Close up of my plant. A half hardy, acid loving, evergreen shrub that flowers in early summer. | |
| Crocosmia 'Star of the East' | Photo 2 | growing in my garden | |
| Cyclamen hederfolium | Seed grown from my own colony, pink and white | ||
| Cypella herbertii | Exquisite bulb in the iris family. | ||
| Dicentra scandens | Photo 2 | growing in my garden. A rather rare, beautiful and delicate looking climber. Perfectly hardy and seen here climbing over a Cypress hedge. | |
| Dierama igneum | Photo 2 | Unusual 'Angels Fishing Rod' About 2 feet. Rare but easy. | |
| Dodecatheon jeffreyii | at Ness Gardens | ||
| Dodecatheon meadia | at Ness Gardens | ||
| Echinacea 'Art's Pride' | New variety | ||
| Echinacea 'Vintage Wine | New variety | ||
| Echium pinniana | Photo 2 | Rare. Best grown in very sheltered spot or large pot. Produces 10-15 foot flower spike and then dies. | |
| Fragaria flowering strawberry | Produces runners and good ground cover | ||
| Galanthus double snowdrop | From my own colony | ||
| Galanthus single snowdrop | From my own colony | ||
| Garanium 'Patricia | |||
| Gentiana verna | The very beautiful spring Gentian growing in my rockery. | ||
| Geranium Ann Folkard | Lovely scrambling geranium | ||
| Ginger Mint | Beautiful but needs to be kept within a container. | ||
| Hypericum calycinum | Rose of Sharon - rather invasive. | ||
| Hypericum 'Hidcote' | |||
| Incarvillea delvayii alba | Lovely white form of the hardy gloxinia | ||
| Incarvillea_mairei | growing in a pot as a young plant, my garden. | ||
| Iris laevigata 'Snowdrift' | Grow in pond | ||
| Lavatera olbia | growing in my front garden. | ||
| Lewisia pygmae | Tiny Lewisia. Grown from wild collected seed. | ||
| Libertia | Photo 2 | Grows in dry shade in my garden. | |
| Lilium tigrinum | Growing in my garden. | ||
| Linaria purpurea 'Canon Went' | Found at Powys Castle | ||
| Lindelofia longiflora | Grown from Chris Chadwell seed | ||
| Lobelia 'Isabella's Blush' | |||
| Lysichiton camtschatcensis | Photo 2 | at Ness Gardens. | |
| Lysichiton_americanus , | Photo 2 | skunk cabbage at Hodnet Hall gardens. | |
| Meconopsis betonicifolia | Photo 2 | Photo3 | (Himalayan Blue Poppy) at Ness Gardens and my garden |
| Meconopsis betonicifolia alba | The beautiful white form of the Himalayan Poppy growing in my garden | ||
| Meconopsis cambrica , | Welsh poppy. In my garden. | ||
| Meconopsis Crewdson Hybrids , | Himalayan Blue Poppy in my garden. | ||
| Meconopsis dhwojii | Photo 2 | A very beautiful yellow Himalayan Poppy. | |
| Meconopsis grandis, | Himalayan Blue Poppy growing in my garden. | ||
| Meconopsis horridula | at Ness Gardens. | ||
| Meconopsis 'Lingholm' | a fertile hybrid ofr the blue poppies that is reliably perennial on moist and fertile soil. | ||
| Meconopsis napaulensis | Photo 1 | at Ness Gardens. A very large species.Close up in my garden | |
| Meconopsis punicea | Photo 2 | in my garden. This is a stunningly beautiful red species | |
| Meconopsis quintilupinerva | The Harebell Poppy. Beautiful alpine specie. | ||
| Meconopsis quintuplinervia, | Harebell Poppy in my garden. | ||
| Meconopsis regia | Fantastic monocarpic plant. Light yellow petals around golden stamens. Dozens of flowers to a spike. Rare. | ||
| Meconopsis superba | Photo 2 | at Ness Gardens. A white species. | |
| Meconopsis xsheldonii,Himalayan | Blue Poppy at Ness Gardens. | ||
| Morina longifolia | at Ness Gardens. | ||
| Nectaroscordium siculum | Sometimes mislabelled as Allium. Beautiful. About 3 feet. | ||
| Nerine bowdenii | Beautiful autumn flowering bulb | ||
| Paeonia cambessedesii | Ness Gardens | ||
| Papaver commutatum 'Ladybird' | annual poppy | ||
| Papaver orientale 'Beauty of Livermore' | Tall oriental poppy. | ||
| Phlox maculata 'Natascha' | |||
| Phygellius capensis | Makes a largish plant about 4 feet high. Cape Figwort. | ||
| Polemonium brandegeii | A beautiful yellow trumpet specie with pink throat | ||
| Polemonium carneum | Lovely pink. The flowers change colour as they age. About 18 inches. | ||
| Polemonium 'White Pearl' | Rare. White instead of the usual blue. About 2 feet. | ||
| Polyanthus Amethyst Cowichan | A beautiful Cowichan, a polyanthus without the large yellow eye. | ||
| Polyanthus Blue Cowichan | Photo 2 | Fantastic polyanthus | |
| Polyanthus Chartreuse | Lovely large flower that starts off greenish and ages to yellow. One of my favourites | ||
| Polyanthus Daybreak | Large flowers in shades of apricot or rose pink, often with bronzed foliage | ||
| Polyanthus Garnet Cowichan | Photo 2 | Fantastic pool of dark red with dark foliage. | |
| Polyanthus Gold Laced | Photo 2 | The much sought after old fashioned Gold Laced Polyanthis with delicate silver or gold edging to the petals. | |
| Polyanthus Paris 90 | Stunning. Whites and creams with a picotee edge. | ||
| Polyanthus Striped Victorians | Predominently blue and violet with cream , dusky pink and smokey peony shades all striped and veined. Highly desirable. | ||
| Polyanthus Venetian Cowichan | Photo 2 | Photo 3 | Another beautiful Cowichan in shades of red. |
| Polyanthus Yellow Cowichan | |||
| Potentilla rupestris | Lovely choice plant. Tussocky and produces sprays of white, yellow centred flowers in late spring. | ||
| Primrose Barnhaven Harbinger | |||
| Primrose Barnhaven Springtime Mix | Lovely mixture of Barnhaven primroses that tough as boots and will go on for years. | ||
| Primrose Barnhaven Winter Whites | |||
| Primula alpicola | A good specie for damp soil. | ||
| Primula amoena | At Ness Gardens. | ||
| Primula capitata | at Tatton Park Flower Show | ||
| Primula denticulata | A group of the "drum stick" primula growing in my garden, from seed provided by Barnhaven. | ||
| Primula florindae | Photo 2 | The Giant Himalayan Cowslip. Grows to about 4 feet and comes with a delightful scen | |
| Primula japonica "Postford White" | Photo 2 | Ness | |
| Primula japonica 'Millar's Crimson' | Photo 2 | in my garden | |
| Primula palinuri | )Ness . | ||
| Primula poisonii | )Ness | ||
| Primula polyneura | )A delightful yellow eyed pink woodland primula.Flowered in a pot but kept outside. | ||
| Primula prolifera | Photo 2 | Ness and my garden a very beautiful yellow candelabra. | |
| Primula pulverulenta | a beautiful stand of this candelabra primula by the pool at Ness . | ||
| Primula secundiflora | One of my favourites with delightful hanging flowers. Pictured in my garden | ||
| Primula sieboldii " Winter Dreams" | Woodland primula that dies down August so mark location. | ||
| Primula sieboldii "Manakoora" | in my garden. | ||
| Primula specuicola | Photo 1 | Photo 2 | A very rare primula grown from wild collected seed sent from Utah. |
| Primula veris wild cowslip | Photo 2 | Grown from British sourced seed. | |
| Primula vialii | Photo 2 | grow this easy primula but cannot display it in such a magnificent bed as here at Ness Gardens.Sometimes known as the red hot poker primula. In Imy experience late to regrow in spring so watch where you hoe! | |
| Primula vulgaris | - double A double primrose grown from seed. | ||
| Primula vulgaris | Wild English Primrose . | ||
| Pulsatilla vulgaris , red form, | Photo 2 | in my garden. | |
| Rhodochiton atrosanguineus | An exotic looking half hardy climber at Ness Gardens. | ||
| Rhododendron Yunnanense | at Ness | ||
| Saxifrage encrusted | From a rosette produces a 1 foot high flower spike | ||
| Saxifrage encrusted yellow | Dwarf rosette specie. Ideal for a tub. | ||
| Scabiosa 'Black Cat' | |||
| Sidalcea candida | The rare white form of Sidalcea. Good cut flower. | ||
| Sisyinchium "Blue Ice" | Photos 2 | growing in my garden | |
| Sisyrinchium 'biscuitella' | growing in my garden.A lovely dwarf specie | ||
| Sisyrinchium californicum | growing in my garden. A dwarf yellow species. | ||
| Sisyrinchium 'Devon Skies' | Dwarf specie | ||
| Sisyrinchium 'Dragons Eye' | growing in my garden.A lovely dwarf specie | ||
| Sisyrinchium idahoense | growing in my garden | ||
| Sisyrinchium striatum | Produces a 2 foot high spike of pale lemon flowers with darker yellow centres. | ||
| Trillium chloropetalum | at Bodnant gardens. | ||
| Trollius asiaticus | at Ness Gardens. | ||
| Verbena bonariensis | Fashionable 'see through' plant. | ||
| Veronica gentinoides 'Tissington White' | growing in my garden | ||
| Veronicastrum virginicum | |||
| Viola 'Blue Moon' | growing in my garden. | ||
| Viola 'Cleo' | growing in my garden. | ||
| Viola 'Fantasy' | growing in my garden. | ||
| Viola 'Lord Plunkett' | growing in my garden. | ||
| Viola Maggie Mott | growing in my garden. |
