Pink Camelia

Gardens in Stone

This tomb decorated with garden images is of the family of John Tradescants, gardeners to Charles I and is located at the Garden Museum , London. The Museum is situated on the South Bank of the Thames, opposite the Houses of Parliament. It is in the former St. Mary-at-Lambeth parish Church.

Rosa Violetta has just bloomed in the greenhouse from the slip I took of my original one. This rose was introduced by Turbat of France in 1921 and is described as one of the best of the "blue" coloured roses.

Lenten Rose

Helleborus orientalis

Peony

Only Three Weeks Ago?

We were sliding down hills.
Today I took time to be out in the garden which is beginning to burst with new growth. The snow is gone, it seems overnight, and the plants are beginning to grow.