Carole Drake Garden Photos

29/04/2026

Spent a very enjoyable afternoon yesterday photographing geums near Bath, the collection of enthusiast Maria Heffer. In spite of a fresh breeze I got some nice shots. This beauty is Geum 'Fireball', a delicious orange, semi-double variety, and like most geums, a prolific bloomer!

23/04/2026

19/02/2026

I'm totally besotted by Salix gracilistyla 'Mount A*o', a beacon of hope amidst the seemingly endless gloom, and keep having to go into my garden to spend time with it, looking very closely at its dreamy fluffy pink catkins and touching them too.... oops!

Named after a Japanese volcano second in size only to Mount Fuji, its flowers, not quite open yet will provide valuable nectar and pollen for invertebrates as do many other willows. What's not to like???