I popped down to the Chelsea Physic Garden recently to hear the marvelous Joy Larkcom talk about unusual veg. The talk was wonderful and inspiring (more about that soon in another post), but I just to share a few pics of the glorious Wisterias adorning various walls and railings en route in SW3. Take the purple panicles pushing through the railings above. Who wouldn’t want such a magnificent hedge?
And I take my hat off to the gardener who manages to keep the ivy at bay on the front of this house. I’ve never been one for heights and this creeper must need regular pruning to give the Wisteria a fighting chance to flower each year.
Some of the plants growing up these houses seem to be springing out of the foundations from the lightwell in the basement, but I also love the way this trunk artfully swings its way towards the bricks and mortar from further afield.
And even though you can’t see the full glory of the Wisteria here, you still get the benefit of the delicious scent as you wander by. Marvellous.