Hybrid musk roses (Penelope & Buff Beauty), Rugosa roserie de l'hay
Posted in Month: May 2013
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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
Chelsea Fringe
by Mark Lutyens | 31st May 2013 | Work in Progress
Here at Great Western Studios we have rearranged and planted our little courtyard garden as part of Chelsea Fringe. Using basic materials - cattle troughs, 8ft canes, water and lead work - we have created a vertical garden - or Jenga garden because it reminds...
Spring planting in Maida Vale
by Mark Lutyens | 3rd May 2013 | Work in Progress
At long last, it's Spring! After a cold wet Winter in West London, from the mud and frozen ground come dafffodils, tulips and grape hyacinths to complement the hellebores