Hot plot or not? Number 8

Whatever you make of the garden, this house is one to go a little green at the gills over: lovely location right right near the park and the river, big Victorian pad, bet it's lovely inside. Does the front garden do it justice though? Just add your thoughts below: please start your comment with a "hot" or a "not" so I can tally the votes.

Do send me a picture of your garden if you want to be subject to the scrutiny of the HPON judges (by which I mean, you readers). Reg Wickings did, and his garden, which was HPON number 7, got a resounding 15 "hots" to one "not".

Comments

[Helen]

Not. but only just 'not'.. cos I like the clipped cared for look, its just that I feel its lacking something... colour, personality... something of distinction. Helen

[elizabethm]

Hmm, not. Lovely house though.

[Ryan]

I love it.

There are a few changes I would make but that's just me.

I think the garden is understated but in keeping with the period of the property which is all good in my eyes.

Main changes I'd make would be removal of old trellis and larger window boxes, mixing the cyclamen with some evergreens.

Ryan

[Anne Wareham]

Well, it's a bit boring, isn't it?

[Jane in Edmonton]

not. Boring. Although I do like the fence.

[isabel]

HOT!

[Rach]

Not. Bit dull, but the house is gorgeous!

[Arabella Sock]

Warm.

I wasn't sure about this until I enlarged the picture then copied it into Photoshop and coloured the rudbeckias to match the window box flowers. After that it was hot! LOL.

[Susan]

Not. It's lacking something to make it stand out although it is alright. Needs a bit of height and colour. Lovely house though.

[PlantingOaks]

hot

Obviously, fall isn't the best season for it, but there are a lot of good things going in a much less than ideal space.

I also like that they were able to get greenery up the building without using something like ivy that will damage the brick.

[alex]

Hot. It's mellow and understated, which I like. Nothing screams at you. Not the most characterful I admit – it looks a bit like the very carefully tended approach to a dentist's surgery in a posh town – but it's soothing and very, very in keeping with the period of the house.

[Ed]

Hot. I like the informality and the way the plant material softens all of the hard edges of the brick and metal.

[washer]

I liked the fence.. more than that the house is gorgeours!

[Amy]

Hot. I think it needs little more colour but overall it looks great. I love clipped hedges and they look perfect outside this house

[Woody Wilbury]

Warm. It suits the building well but it's a bit monochrome. Quite like it, but only quite...

[James Golden]

Not. At first I thought OK: it suits the building and doesn't intrude or call unnecessary attention to itself. But on looking at the enlarged photo, it's a bit shabby for such a dignified facade. I don't care for the combinations of foliage, the rickety trellis, or the undersized window boxes.

[JamesA-S]

Not.
The Clematis montana/scrambly Euonymus thing around the window.
Window boxes too tiddly-widdly
Appalling pruned Pyracantha by front door.
Like the cotoneaster draping over front wall.
Hollyhocks will look good next year.

[Shawn]

Always nice to see a front garden that hasn't been converted into a parking space.

[Tussie-Mussies for Justin Bobby: Horticulture x Pop Culture]

After a second look: Hot. ...ish. The elephant ears are a nice, assertive touch and the fence looks cool and graphic against the green.

[Matron]

That's a hot plot! most people don't bother with their front gardens, but it gives people pleasure to look at. Jungle front gardens rock! I saw a tiny front garden in Chiswick that should have had monkeys swinging through it! Love it.

[garden]

house was looking gorgeous because of its greenery..

[Dawn/LittleGreenFingers]

Not. For some reason it reminds me of a cemetery - and no front garden should do that.