Saturday 28 May 2022

Favourite Chelsea gardens, foxgloves and alliums

It is RHS Chelsea week again and it has returned to its normal time of year.  I have never visited in person and I don't think I probably will - I am not someone who enjoys being in large crowds of people. However, I do watch all the TV coverage and enjoy looking at the gardens and plants.
This was the People's Choice winner - 'The Perennial Garden - With Love'.  I like the relaxing green and white planting with touches of plum.
This was the RNLI garden designed by Chris Beardshaw, which came second in the People's Choice awards. He always has beautiful planting.
This was the Morris and Co Garden (designed by Ruth Wilmott).  Two of William Morris' patterns, Trellis and Willow Bough, were included in various ways. This was third in the People's Choice awards.
 All the photos above are from the RHS Chelsea website (information on the medals is here).  These gardens all have more traditional planting.
Judging from what I have seen on TV, more natural planting styles are very much the trend, which is a good thing for wildlife.
Back in my garden, the roses are starting to bloom, (but they deserve a post to themselves),  together with foxgloves (my latest favourite - I need many more of these and will sow some more seeds soon).
Two foxgloves in a pot just outside the window.
This foxglove was plonked rather unceremoniously into a pot last year but is looking lovely.
The alliums are still looking good too...
...with their vibrant colours of purple and green.
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6 comments:

  1. Elephant's Child28 May 2022 at 19:07

    I watch the Chelsea Garden Show with real pleasure (when it eventually gets to us). I don't warm to 'minimalist' displays though - which is very evident in my own garden.
    I also love foxgloves and alliums - though the alliums that thrive here are white. I would love to succeed in growing that purple beauty.

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    1. Ellie Foster28 May 2022 at 23:24

      Thanks, EC. I don't do minimalist either! My purple alliums are reasonably reliable, although I am sure I used to have more of them...They are a joy, however many there are!
      Best wishes
      Ellie

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  2. The Feminine Energy29 May 2022 at 02:32

    Such beauty, Ellie... it's nearly impossible to believe such beauty exists. ~Andrea xoxo

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    1. Ellie Foster29 May 2022 at 15:02

      Thanks, Andrea. It's a good thing we have the beauty of nature to balance the many less than lovely things man is capable of. I am so grateful for my little garden.
      Best wishes
      Ellie

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  3. Lulu18 June 2022 at 16:48

    I suspect we may have the best views via TV as normal punters can't walk through the gardens! I'm not mad on crowds either but if there's a spare press preview pass going, I'm there ;) The perennial garden has very beautiful planting. Lovely alliums Ellie. I had some last year but they have strangely disappeared :0 x

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    1. Ellie Foster19 June 2022 at 18:18

      Thanks, Lulu. I agree - we do get the best views being armchair spectators! I have had more success with Purple Sensation than with some of the others I bought and planted, which disappeared too. Some have grown better in pots for me.
      Best wishes
      Ellie

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