Hybrid musk roses (Penelope & Buff Beauty), Rugosa roserie de l'hay
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Glorious June…
Artichokes, elephant garlic and Allium Purple Rain
More colour in June
Also mid-summer, self-sown red valerian (Centranthus ruber), Geranium Brookside, yellow Phlomis fruticosa
More orange…
Mid-summer, Eremurus Cleopatra and Geum Princess Juliana in a new bed
The colour orange in spring
At this time of year when the predominant colours are yellow (daffodils and primroses) and blue (forget-me-nots), more and more, I like orange tulips. They go so well with the dry colours of late winter - sage, phlomis, cistus - and the new growth of spring.
Folly on the Isle of Wight
A photo of the cupola made and in place...
A folly on the Isle of Wight
This was a nice surprise, five years after I had produced a sketch design for a cupola to embellish a folly on the Isle of Wight - and had forgotten all about it - I was sent some photos of it. Here's the sketch which I believe hangs in the folly and a photo of thing...
Oak garden seat with a view
Mark Lutyens garden seat under a plane tree in Somerset. Deigned by ML and made by master craftsman Rob Hibberd. (St Patrick's Day 2021)
Hillsborough Castle
Mark sitting on his tree seat in a cloud of blue cornflowers, in the new walled garden at Hillsborough Castle, July 2019
Hillsborough Castle
The Dovecote or Shell House in the Walled Garden at Hillsborough Castle: Designed by Mark Lutyens & Catherine FitzGerald; made by craftsmen from The Prince's Trust, 2019
Isle of Wight rear garden
by Mark Lutyens | 26th July 2016 | Work in Progress
Isle of Wight; raised swimming pool with Agapanthus Arctic Star and Purbeck stone wall behind
Isle of Wight rear garden with swimming pool
by Mark Lutyens | 26th July 2016 | Work in Progress
Isle of Wight; swimming pool and Purbeck stone wall
Isle of Wight, rear garden
by Mark Lutyens | 26th July 2016 | Work in Progress
Isle of Wight; rear garden with gravel garden and pergola
Isle of Wight – front garden
by Mark Lutyens | 26th July 2016 | Work in Progress
Isle of Wight; front garden with white picket fence, cypress, oleanders and lilies
Clematis Betty Corning & golden jasmine
by Mark Lutyens | 18th July 2016 | Work in Progress
An unexpectedly good July combination of Clematis Betty Corning, golden jasmine, Geranium Wargrave Pink and a bit of dark purple woundwort
Architectural trellis
by Mark Lutyens | 18th July 2016 | Work in Progress
Hardwood trellis with mirrors to brighten a dark courtyard and provide interest to a dull brick wall
Evergreens in February on the South Coast
by Mark Lutyens | 11th February 2016 | Work in Progress
Evergreens in February on the South Coast: a surprisingly successful combination of Pittosporum tobira, Hebe rakaiensis and Symphytum Slade Farm which flowers in early Spring (for many months) and is a great food source for bumble bees.
Formal planters in Central London
by Mark Lutyens | 11th February 2016 | Work in Progress
Timeless and elegant; bespoke fibreglass planters and window boxes and bay (Laurus nobilis) cones. Each planter has an internal reservoir to minimise drips and staining to the stonework.