London photo of the day: I could live here

by MaryAnn Johanson

Tue, May 14, 2013

11 comments

Wisteria-covered cottage in Richmond…

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MPC

Tue, May 14, 2013 11:39pm

I love cottages… the wisteria, not so much.

Tonio Kruger

Wed, May 15, 2013 2:13am

Heh. MaryAnn’s dream residence is on the English equivalent of Wisteria Lane.

MaryAnn Johanson

reply to Tonio Kruger

Wed, May 15, 2013 1:12pm

I have many dream residences. This is but one of them.

RogerBW

Wed, May 15, 2013 9:13am

It’s the perfect season for the flowers right now. The rest of the year they tend to be a bit dull, like rhododendrons.

bronxbee

reply to RogerBW

Wed, May 15, 2013 4:07pm

like many of the most glorious flowers and trees they do go from splendid to dull — but they’re worth it. and then you have some that go from dull to splendid in the autumn. and they’re even more worth it.

MarkyD

reply to bronxbee

Wed, May 15, 2013 7:48pm

Individual plants may go from splendid to dull, but a properly designed and laid out garden space never does. Mine certainly doesn’t. Granted, it took many years, and lots of trial and error, to achieve this, but it can be done.

MarkyD

reply to RogerBW

Wed, May 15, 2013 7:46pm

For those of us in the know, they are never dull(Not trying to be pretentious. I’m a professional landscaper and Horticulturist, as well as a ravenous gardener at home, so I think I know my stuff). There can be amazing color in the garden all year long. Spring is just especially special because of that whole messy, cold Winter thing right before it.

bronxbee

Wed, May 15, 2013 4:06pm

gorgeous…

LaSargenta

Wed, May 15, 2013 8:05pm

Wisteria is beautiful. But, from my professional (engineer, dealing w/ leaking things underground) perspective they are very destructive. Their roots are powerful and get into everything. If I planted wisteria, I’d put it against a brick or stone wall that is a fence, not a building’s wall…unless it was a gardening shed or similar.

Anonymous

Wed, May 15, 2013 10:18pm

Walking into my front door every day would remind me life ain’t so bad.
Looks like a home you’d love to cement as “your home” in your visual memory forever.