Tag Archives: foliage colour

My Garden Journal 2020 – February

Posted on March 5, 2020 by greenbenchramblings

Okay, it’s February in this leap year so we will gain a day, and it is time for another visit to my garden journal. Weather has been interesting this month just because it has been so extreme and variable, wild … Continue reading →

Posted in flowering bulbs, garden photography, gardening, irises, spring bulbs, trees, Winter Gardening, winter gardens | Tagged catkins, Cyclamen coum, deciduous euonymus, foliage, foliage colour, foliage plants, iris, iris reticulata, pruning, salix, shrubs in winter, the garden in winter, willow, winter, winter cyclamen, winter gardens, winter shrubs | 2 Comments

My Garden Journal 2019 – September

Posted on October 3, 2019 by greenbenchramblings

Into September now so here is a look at my Garden Journal 2019 for that month. I first decided to look at some of the many berries in our patch. We grow dozens of berry-bearing shrubs and trees. I wanted … Continue reading →

Posted in climbing plants, colours, garden photography, gardening, gardens, grasses, hardy perennials, ornamental grasses, ornamental trees and shrubs, roses, shrubs | Tagged clematis, climbing roses, foliage, foliage colour, foliage plants, garden in September, garden insects, gardening for wildlife, hypericum, Persicarias, seed heads, September, the wildlife garden | 3 Comments

Simply Beautiful – no 25 in this occasional series

Posted on February 9, 2019 by greenbenchramblings

So here I am with number 25 in this occasional series of posts entitled Simply Beautiful where I share a few photos of something or some place that takes my eye. Here are 4 photos of a caramel coloured Heuchera … Continue reading →

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My Garden Journal 2018 – December

Posted on January 18, 2019 by greenbenchramblings

Here we are with the final visit to my Garden Journal 2018, as we discover what has been going on at out Avocet patch in December. It has been a year of difficult weather for us gardeners with freezing winds, … Continue reading →

Posted in colours, garden design, garden photography, gardening, gardens, hardy perennials, light, light quality, ornamental grasses, ornamental trees and shrubs, outdoor sculpture, sculpture, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, trees | Tagged Avocet garden, coronilla, cotoneasters, December, deciduous trees, ferns, foliage, foliage colour, foliage plants, garden journal, garden projects, glaucous foliage, texture, textured bark, the garden in December, the garden in winter, trees and shrubs, variegated foliage, variegation, winter, winter garden, winter gardening | 1 Comment

The Dingle Garden in December

Posted on January 16, 2019 by greenbenchramblings

Here we are with the final report of our monthly visit to the Dingle Gardens near Welshpool. As we drove down to Welshpool the weather just could not make its mind up what it was going to do, sunny with … Continue reading →

Posted in colours, garden design, garden paths, garden photography, gardening, gardens, gardens open to the public, lakes, light, light quality, ornamental trees and shrubs, Powis, Powys, shrubs, trees, Wales, water in the garden, woodland, woodlands | Tagged foliage, foliage colour, foliage plants, gardens of Powys, glaucous foliage, shrubs in winter, The Dingle Welshpool, trees and shrubs, variegated foliage, variegation, winter, winter garden, winter gardening, winter shrubs, woodland, woodland garden, woodland gardening

The Dingle Garden in May

Posted on May 30, 2018 by greenbenchramblings

We planned our fifth visit to the Dingle Gardens near Welshpool for the 23rd May and intended to go whatever the weather. Our April visit was on a day more typical of November than April so the photos I took … Continue reading →

Posted in colours, garden design, garden paths, garden photography, garden ponds, garden pools, gardening, gardens, gardens open to the public, lakes, ornamental trees and shrubs, pathways, shrubs, trees, Wales, woodland, Yellow Book Gardens | Tagged ferns, foliage, foliage colour, foliage plants, garden paths, gardens of Powys, Powis, Powys, rhododendron, rhododendrons, The Dingle Welshpool, trees and shrubs, woodland garden, woodland gardening

My Garden Journal 2017 – October

Posted on November 1, 2017 by greenbenchramblings

We can now look at what I wrote about, photographed and painted during October in my Garden Journal. On the first page of my October Garden Journal I proposed a “fifth season” for us gardeners, a special one just for … Continue reading →

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Simply Beautiful – 11 – Orange Leaves

Posted on April 29, 2017 by greenbenchramblings

Spring is the time for brightly coloured unfurling leaves on trees and shrubs. Most are green – sparkling fresh green – but occasionally the colours of new leaves makes the gardener stop in his tracks and take a second look … Continue reading →

Posted in colours, garden photography, gardening, light, light quality, ornamental trees and shrubs, spring gardening, trees | Tagged aesculus, deciduous trees, flowering trees, foliage, foliage colour, garden trees, spring, spring garden, trees and shrubs | 2 Comments

Bodnant Garden – a magical place in North Wales

Posted on April 7, 2017 by greenbenchramblings

For my last post of 2016 I thought I would share a visit we made to one of our favourite gardens, Bodnant Gardens in North Wales. A great way to celebrate our garden visiting exploits in 2016 and to look … Continue reading →

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Simply Beautiful 8 – Tetrapanax leaves

Posted on March 12, 2017 by greenbenchramblings

Tetrapanax papyfera Rex is a wonderful albeit rather tender foliage plant with large exotic looking leaves. In winter the leaves darken before falling and look simply beautiful.