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Summer
A lovely collection of images which all speak of summer. From the soft and subtle – gardens glowing softly in the early morning sun – to the bright and even brash, like flowers in the heat of the day drawing all eyes to them…
Early Morning In The High Garden, Great Dixter
On a magical midsummer's morning; perfectly still and clear with the fresh scent of flowers and foliage in the air, quiet but for birdsong, gossamer traces of dew on fennels and alliums and with the warmth of the early morning sun on my face, it was truly entrancing to be in the High Garden at Great Dixter.
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Poppies At Dawn
I first saw these poppies from a distance, glowing on Winchelsea Levels. I set my alarm for stupid o'clock the following morning and was greeted by this glorious dawn display of delicate ephemeral beauty!
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Astrantia ‘Roma’
Astrantia 'Roma' produces a mass of lovely, incredibly long-lasting, pink flowers with green veining during the summer months.
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View From Sheepstreet Lane
A beautiful early morning view across a misty, gently undulating valley.
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Mixed Poppies – Welsh & Beth’s
Another beautiful morning at Dixter with the low morning sun just catching these lovely poppies; a mix of Welsh poppies and 'Beth's poppies' glowing against the darker background of the Sunk Garden.
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Welcome
An open gate; enticing you to enter the garden beyond. Taken at King John's Lodge, East Sussex.
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Rose at Sunrise
A beautiful pink rose - 'Cécile Brünner' - captured in full flower soon after sunrise, glowing in the early morning light. The air was fresh, light and so fragrant; it was heavenly and a delight to be up that early!
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Poppy – Papaver commutatum ‘Ladybird’
Sauntering round the garden, camera in hand, all the poppies were glowing but this one caught my eye in particular; a perfect red poppy iridescent in the morning sun.
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Touch Down
A lovely painted lady butterfly just alighted on Verbena bonariensis for a sip of nectar. Butterflies love this verbena and at times can dance around it in clouds!
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Wildflower Meadow
This card is a visual vignette of summer! A meadow full of ox-eye daisies, buttercups, yellow rattle and geraniums bursting with colour and life.
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Poppies At First Light
A field of delicate poppies at first light was quite a sight to behold, their papery and translucent petals seem barely attached and likely to be blown away in the gentlest of breezes.
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Dutch Iris ‘Apollo’
A charming group of Dutch Iris 'Apollo' catching the early morning sun at Great Dixter.
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Magnolia Mist
A beautiful misty morning. Framed by a pagoda in the gardens of Borde Hill, magnolia blooms catch the light from the rising sun.
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Morning Worship
An atmospheric image of tulip 'Apricot Parrot', heads bowed following a night of gentle rain.
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From The Shadows
A favourite view! Emerging from the shadows a footpath leads to the valley beyond.
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Beth’s Poppy
Charming and delicate, the paper-like flowers of Beth's poppy thread through the Peacock Garden at Great Dixter.
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Oak At Dawn
I was on my way to photograph a garden and had to stop - the dawn light filtering through the branches of this young oak was delicate, beautiful and completely transfixing.
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Yellow Tiger Lily
The petals and anthers of a yellow tiger lily, burnished by the morning sun.
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Poppies In The Orchard Garden
The glorious sight of poppies in their pomp! This shot was taken at Great Dixter when the poppies were freshly opened, still crinkly and pristine, backlit by the early morning sun.
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Lathyrus grandiflorus
The true, everlasting pea growing in the Long Border at Great Dixter, rambling and scrambling up, through and over it's neighbours! These beautiful, delicate flowers were captured early one summer's morning.
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Foxgloves At Dawn
Captured early one summer's morning these foxgloves shimmered with dew and the dawn light. A piece of coppiced woodland cleared the year before had liberated copious foxglove seeds to produce a truly memorable sight!
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Alliums
A lovely image of Alliums in all their glory!
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Mixed Border In Summer
A glorious picture of a mixed border in all its pomp and glory, with Verbena hastata, Veronicastrum virginicum ‘Lavendelturm’ and Clematis ‘Perle d’Azur’ stealing the show.
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A Fine Balance
I found this fella whilst photographing a friend's garden. Concentrating to keep his balance on a Pulsatilla seedhead, he seemed oblivious of me and my camera. His face always makes me smile!
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