These sternbergia lutea, near the stumpery, are very confusingly known both as the winter daffodil and the autumn crocus! It is lovely to have such a fresh vibrant flower…
Visitors today enjoyed the beautiful day, the trees on the turn and the chance to chat to our volunteers as they weeded, deadheaded, pruned, took cuttings, planted bulbs, turned…
Not a huge amount of work got done today, but Sue and a couple of hardy volunteers did some deadheading as the rain poured down. Meanwhile Steve cleared the…
The grass is brown and a few plants are suffering, but there colour in the Italian garden, particularly from the Helenium and waterlilies, and in the dahlia border in…
After that mad heatwave, it was great to be able to get stuff done outside again! Watering particularly vulnerable plants was of course a priority – many of our…
The Periploca graeca (silk vine) is our relic from Peto’s enormous treillage pergolas across the croquet lawn. It is covered in these lovely small purple flowers, which then turn…
We have been watching and waiting for the wild orchids to flower – and these bee orchids are as stunning as we hoped and the spotted orchids have definitely…
