Seasonal Highlights
JANUARY
FEBRUARY
Snowdrops and Aconites Chimonanthus and Hammellis
APRIL
- Masses of Snakeshead Fritillaries with Poets Narcissus
- Magnolias – Half a dozen big Wada’s Memory
- Jury Hybrids such as Atlas and Milkyway
- Primrose coloured Yellowbird and Elizabeth
- Gresham hybrids Heaven Scent and lots more
- Violets and Dog tooth Violets; Hellebores
- Tons of Tulips; Crown Imperials; Daphnes; Euphorbia and Honesty;
- Wisteria and Rosa ‘Banksiae’ on the house.
- Auriculas in their Theatre
MAY
- Tree Peonies, especially P. ‘rockii’;
- Late Magnolias such as M. sieboldii;
- Sweet rocket, single Stocks and Lilacs
- Irises and Alliums and Lupins
- The incredibly scented Ayrshire rose walk and the Incense Rose
- Orchard in blossom
June
- Masses of Peonies including ‘Buckeye Belle’ and Dianthus
- Moss, Alba, Gallica, standard and climbing old fashioned Roses
- Delphinium border and Sweet Pea Pyramids
- Philadelphus everywhere and Cardiocrinum in woods
- Salvias, Eremurus.
JULY
- Lilies, Verbena Pink Parfait, Nicotiana mutabilis
- The tender things like Helioptrope, scented Pelagoniums, Daturas
- Sanders white rose and lots of late flowering Clematis
- Tree Ferns and Giant Gunnera
AUGUST
- Cannas, Agapanthus, Nerines
- Dahlias, Heleniums, Crocosmia, Cosmos, Echinacea
- Zinnias, Nasturtiums, Tithonia,
- Rosa moschata autumnalis
