FhF GreenMedia

16/02/2024

About 30 years ago my son gave me a little bundle of Snowdrops 'in the green' - they thrived and I have spread them around the place. As far as I know these are the wild type - they do seem to be smaller and 'prettier' than some, probably a clone that is a bit different to most wild ones. They deserve to be a posy all on their own without any company.

17/12/2021

A selection of shots of Agapanthus 'Poppin Purple' just uploaded to Gapphotos.com

24/12/2020

Fairweathers Nursery in the New Forest specialises in Aganpanthus, they hold a National Collection of them. Getting access to new varieties and unusual Agapanthus has helped us build a good selection of images on Gapphotos.

07/12/2020

Do not ask your children to strive for extraordinary lives.
Such striving may seem admirable, but it is the way of foolishness.
Help them instead to find the wonder and the marvel of an ordinary life.
Show them the joy of tasting tomatoes, apples and pears.
Show them how to cry when pets and people die.
Show them the infinite pleasure in the touch of a hand.
And make the ordinary come alive for them.
The extraordinary will take care of itself.”

William Martin

06/12/2020

Recently uploaded to GAPPHOTOS a wide selelction of rustic style Autumnal photos, all taken in my own garden so unique to FhF GreenMedia and GAPPHOTOS

06/12/2020

'Little Lemons' is a new, dwarf variety of Clematis tangutica. I grew it Summer 2020 in a terracotta pot and was impressed by flowers from April until late Summer. It stayed dwarf and I enjoyed it's little bell like flowers. I think it is ideal for pot growing and should be a success with patio gardeners. Image available from GAPPHOTOS

19/05/2020

Find out how you can vote for your favourite Plant of the Decade at the 2020 RHS Virtual Chelsea Flower Show and give them the chance to win the RHS People's Choice Award.

11/12/2017

Working my way through 2017 photos and saw this shot of Peter Moore Buddleja 'Silver Anniversary' it was looking very fine on July 25th. I see Peter is suggesting it also be used in mixed Summer containers and I think he is onto something, I shall try it next year. http://bredbypetermoore.co.uk/plants/buddleja-silver-anniversary/

16/09/2017

Hypericum 'Excellent Flair' started me off on something of a passion for the H. inodorum type hybrids. There are many of them, mostly I believe bred for the cut flower trade but a couple of handfuls of varieties are to be found as hardy plants for sale in plant areas around the UK. Each year there seems to at least one new one, this year the one that has caught my attention is H. 'Miracle Night'.

Hypericum 'Excellent Flair' started me off on something of a passion for the H. inodorum type hybrids. There are many of them, mostly I believe bred for the cut

10/09/2017

'Plum Cascade' is a new variety of Heucherella. No surprise that it's a trailer. The profuse starry flowers were a nice surprise, and they have kept coming for the last five months. I have it in half shade, planted in a metal manger type window 'box' with Carex and Selaginella. The three plants have co-existed well even in the hot weather. It's worth deadheading the 'Plum Cascade' to keep it tidy and the flowers coming. Thankfully Heucherellas don't seem to get the rust that tends to clobber my heucheras. Source: Heucheraholics

11/08/2017

Out of the dozens of plants I trial each year there's always a handful that stand out as being a bit special. There are three outstanding cv's this year.

The first is Allium 'In Orbit'. This has been gradually building up a nice collection of flower heads from a quite small plant that I potted up from 9cm in the Spring. Not knowing much about the plant I popped it in smallish terracotta pot and treated it like an Alpine.

I like the strong, wind firm stems, good foliage (unlike the larger Alliums) and attractive buds before the flowers eventually pop.

26/07/2017