Tuesday 28 August 2018

Dicksonia antarctica

In the garden since 2009, it survived the frost of last winter and the heatwave of this summer.




Photographs © Hans van den Bos 

Friday 24 August 2018

The Athyriums in 2018

A. angustata 'Lady in Red' - A. 'Branford rambler' - A. filix-femina
A. filix-femina 'Frizelliae' - A. filix-femina 'Minutissimum'
A. filix-femina 'Vernoniae cristatum' - A. 'Ghost'
A. nipponicum 'Burgundy Lace'  - A. nipponicum 'Pictum'
A. nipponicum 'Red Beauty' - A. otophorum 'Okanum'


Photographs & Design

Hans van den Bos 

Music 

Felix Mendelssohn Bartoldy 

Lieder ohne Worte
Adagio in F major, Opus 53 No. 4

Piano 

Frank van der Laar


Sunday 12 August 2018

An uninvited, but welcome guest found its way into the garden

Polypodium cambricum

The southern polypody or Welsh polypody, is a species of fern in the family Polypodiaceae, native to southern and western Europe. It is a spreading, terrestrial fern growing to 60 cm tall, with pinnate fronds. The sori are yellow in winter.
The specific epithet cambricum means "Welsh", from the Latinized form of Cymru, the Welsh name for Wales.





Photographs © Hans van den Bos

Saturday 4 August 2018

The Hostas in 2018

H. 'Big Daddy' - H. 'Bressingham Blue' - H. 'Empress Wu' - H. 'Fortunei perperam intitulatum' - H. 'Hadspen Blue' - H. 'Invicible' - H. 'Minuteman' - H. 'Orange Marmalade' - H. 'Patriot' - H. sieboldiana 'Frances William' - H. 'Undulata'

Photographs & Design

Hans van den Bos 

Music 

Frédéric François Chopin 
- Waltz in A minor - 

Piano 



Friday 3 August 2018

The Dahlias in 2018


Dahlia 'David Howard'
Dahlia 'Mignon G.F. Hemerik'
Dahlia 'Ice Crystal'
Dahlia 'Bishop of Llandaff'