St Pauls rainbow

Festival Gardens, St Pauls

The Beauty of Weeds

Bear lane

Morning Sun

St John's Church

Living Wall 2014

Bear Lane

A flawed concept, every 'Living Wall' I have seen ends up half dead. And difficult to maintain

For the first time

Kingston

White horse chestnuts are not white.  They are pink and yellow and white. All the years of collecting conkers this is the first time I have looked at the flowers, as the bridge over the Thames passes by the tops of the trees

Under the acer

Teddington

Hydrangea 2013

Broom Road

Colour match grafitti

Regents Park Canal

Taking over the world

Broom Road

Buddleias grow in places I didn't think a plant could survive.  What nutrition is there in brickwork? But there it is. All part of the master plan to take over the world, one brick at a time

Wisteria at the IMAX

Waterloo

Reds of Autumn

Broom Road

A magnificent red made even redder by the early light

St Pauls morning

Festival Gardens

The flat spaces around St Pauls are due to bomb damage.  They were turned into the Festival Gardens in 1951, for the the Festival of Britain celebrations.  They were designed by Sir Albert Richardson

Late Blooms

Hydrangea

I took this somewhere in Southwark a couple of years ago. Surprised that it was in bloom this late in the season

Turnham not Green

Turnham Green

Looking very pretty in blue, red & white.

Under the arches

Union Street

The building work is finally finished and the planting in front of the arches is great.

Humble, yet glorious

Pot Marigold

The common marigold, not African or double or pom pom.  No RHS order of merit.  Beautiful in it's own right

Camellia

Broom Road

Camellias come from Asia and grow in the Himalayas, which explains why such a delicate looking flower flourishes at winter's end.

Window box

Finsbury Circus

I appreciate the window boxes of the old fashioned buildings - they are a feature which today's architects don't bother with, which is a shame. 

Late summer

Westbourne Gardens

Dahlias - a sign that summer is past the midway mark

City Gardens

St Pauls

The City of London plant the gardens around St Paul's Cathedral and judging from the results they hire people of talent.  I think all the London councils do.  Spaces to sit and have lunch or just walk around make so much difference.