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- Welby, Lincolnshire
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- Plant Portraits
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Steffie Shields MBE Full Member
On the Cusp of Winter
Sweet gum leaves (Liquidambar styraciflua) carpet the drive as autumn transitions to winter with the arrival of snow
Location: Lincolnshire
Pure Gold
Eye-catching Cornus 'Mid-winter Fire' on the southern boundary of a country garden
Location: Lincolnshire
Mellow Malus
September brings that softer mellow fruiful light to the old apple tree, Malus domestica Winston
Location: Lincolnshire
Knit One Purl One
A grape vine latches onto and supports a bending Allium 'Summer Drummer' and it looks as if Nature has been knitting!
Location: Lincolnshire
Anyone for Tennis?
A country garden tennis court surrounded by a magnificent rose collection
Location: Rhyall, Rutland
Golden Interlude
Early evening sunshine paints the leaves of the trees and just touches the shrub rose 'Maigold' on the garden boundary
Location: Lincolnshire
Winter Solace
Striking waves of Iris reticulata in the birch grove at Brightwater Gardens
Location: Saxby, Lincolnshire
Aflame!
Leaves of Liquidambar styraciflua 'Worplesdon', a sweet gum, turn into dramatic colours of gold, orange and maroon against a brilliant blue sky
Location: Lincolnshire
Spindle Surprise
The Spindle tree, Euonymus europaeus, has surprisingly vibrant orange and crimson leaves come October
Location: Lincolnshire
Rosa 'Pink Perpetue'
Location: Lincolnshire
Heritage Sweet Peas
Still life -without the perfume alas!
Location: Lincolnshire
Budding Performance
A cluster of honey garlic buds, Nectaroscordum siculum, begins to open for the spring show
Location: Lincolnshire
Champion Malus robusta
Location: Lincolnshire
Hellebore Walk
A garden walk with afternoon sunlight highlighting a carpet of snowdrops and oriental hellebores
Location: Lincolnshire
Triptych
A view to the walled garden through the window of Fydell House
Location: Boston, Lincolnshire
Red Parasol
Acer rubrum back-lit by afternoon sun
Location: Lincolnshire
Allium Explosion
Allium cristophii seedhead framed by a summer evening sky
Location: Lincolnshire
Rosa 'Elizabeth'
The new David Austin Rosa 'Elizabeth', a soft, delicate pink with hints of warm apricot in the centre, named to honour HM The Queen's Platinum Jubilee
Location: Lincolnshire
Lilies of the Woods
A burst of pastel colours under the trees
Location: Dunholme Lodge, Lincolnshire
Prunus 'Sunburst'
A good name for such a show of brilliant white blossom!
Location: Lincolnshire
Out like a lion?
A surprise snowfall in a Lincolnshire garden on the last day of March
Location: Lincolnshire
Narcissus 'Van Sion'
This enduring old cultivar set off by spring day-lily foliage
Location: Lincolnshire
Iris reticulata 'Frozen Planet'
Location: Lincolnshire
Shall We Dance?
Lavender blue autumn crocus - strictly Crocus speciosus
Location: Lincolnshire
Worth the Hover
Rosa 'Dorothy Perkins' attracts pollinating hover flies
Location: Lincolnshire
Petwood Profusion
The restored Long Walk at the Petwood Hotel
Location: Lincolnshire
Cosmos bipinnatus 'Fizzy Purple'
A celebratory pop of colour!
Location: Lincolnshire
'Pink Clearwater'
A sophisticated,modern Triumph tulip, pink with a hint of salmon, has form-even in the rain!
Location: Lincolnshire
Dew
Early morning dew on Narcissus 'Capability Brown'
Location: Lincolnshire
Hyacinth Walk
The Hyacinth Walk offers peace of mind with a delightful array of spring gems and the fragrant perfume of fresh hyacinths
Location: Lincolnshire
Warming the View
Cornus 'Mid-winter Fire' working its magic on a frosty winter's morning!
Location: Lincolnshire
Catherine Wheel
A shaft of afternoon sunlight picks out a circle of leaves like a catherine wheel: Cotinus 'Grace' on the 5th November, an appropriate display of fireworks
Location: Lincolnshire
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Zigzag
Cotoneaster fruits alternate up the stem
Location: Lincolnshire
Contrast
An intricate pattern of box ball and cone topiary is immaculately clipped - a marked contrast to the relaxed, overflowing, colourful herbaceous border beyond
Location: Sturton by Stow, Lincolnshire
Blowing in the Wind
Sorbus aucuparia berries
Location: Lincolnshire
'Red Velvet'
Rosa 'Munstead Wood' with curvaceous petals lit by afternoon light and shade seems like red velvet
Location: Lincolnshire
Dappled Harmony
Rosa Alba amongst late spring foliage
Location: Lincolnshire
A New Dawn
Nectaroscordum siculum flowers first emerging in soft, early morning light
Location: Lincolnshire
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Apple 'Winston' centre stage
Apple blossom sprinkling the lawn with confetti
Location: Lincolnshire
The Colours of Spring
The joy of new rainbow colours amidst fresh spring foliage
Location: Lincolnshire
Cotinus coggyria 'Golden Spirit'
Living up to its name in mid-November
Location: Lincolnshire
Magnolia wilsonii
Location: Beckingham, Lincolnshire
Pink Profusion
The season for roses and pinks!
Location: Lincolnshire
Lest We Forget
The Lincolnshire Peace Garden, International Bomber Command Centre
Location: Lincoln
Autumn Chorus
Single white Colchicum 'Album' and double, violet -pink Colchicum autumnale 'Water Lily' amongst the first fall of leaves
Location: Lincolnshire
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Summer Velvet
Rosa 'Joseph's Coat' petals seems particularly rich in colour this summer,like scarlet velvet
Location: Lincolnshire
Colours of spring take flight
An orange-tip butterfly, the spring butterfly, on cow parsley
Location: Lincolnshire
Magnolia x soulangeana
Location: A garden in Lincoln
The arrival of Spring
Snakeshead fritillaries nodding in long-awaited sunshine
Location: Lincolnshire
Dessication
Dipsacus fullonum; striking dried-up teasel seedheads still reaching for the sky
Location: Carlton Scroop, Lincolnshire
Picturesque
The Grass Terrace and Long Border at Hotel Endsleigh, a surviving Humphry Repton design
Location: Devon
Garden Bubble
Location: Lincolnshire
Blowing in the wind
Acer rubrum
Location: Lincolnshire
Moving Heaven & Earth-Capability Brown's Gift of Landscape
Inspirational Book of the Year Finalist Garden Media Guild Awards 2016
Dancing partners
Strictly vine tendrils
Location: Lincolnshire
Flag-waving
A rainbow-coloured sumach seems like autumn bunting
Location: Lincolnshire
Beech Down
the reveal - young beech leaves backlit
Location: My garden
Have Garden Will Travel
Location: Regents Canal London
Rosa Wedding Wishes
Location: Grantham
Blue Poppies
my idea of heaven
Location: Lancashire
The Show
Location: Easton Walled Gardens, Lincolnshire
Evening Bells
Digitalis purpurea
Seeing Red
Location: Guernsey
Stars in Our Eyes
Allium christophii
Hanging Harvest
Vitis Muscat Bianca
The Glow
Early morning light in a Lincolnshire garden
Tulips and Towels
Bulrushes and birches
A limited wintry palette and the texture of skilled landscaping
Winter Coating
Madness
Everything goes mad in May- just at Chelsea Flower Show time - so hold your nerve!
Erysimum'Chelsea Jacket'
Cornus kousa
Blanket stitch
