By Bedford based garden designer Graham A. Pavey. This is a delightful country garden which is opened to visitors each year.
The requirement was for a sitting area in the south east corner, which is the sunniest part of the garden, and a vegetable patch hidden in the north east corner.
The gazebo was already existing and it needed to be incorporated in the new design. The large apple tree created a small headache but a woodland garden was created around its base providing another approach to the feature pond and sitting area.
A traditional pergola was included, covering the entrance to the garden covered with roses and clematis. This opened out on the expansive lawn offering the visitor a choice of directions.
Close to the house and the old gazebo steps lead to a small house garden with irregular paths and a planting scheme leaning heavily towards the winter and spring to provide interest from the conservatory all the year round.
The pond garden with a circular sitting area positioned like an island over the canal-like pond. The path winds from the house around the gazebo, across the pool and passed the sitting area into the vegetable patch which is hidden in the north east corner.
Click on any of the plant names below to learn more and to add to your own 'Plants I have' list.
PERENNIALS
Acaena 'Blue
Haze'
Acanthus mollis
Agapanthus
campanulatus 'Albus'
Agapanthus
'Headbourne Hybrids'
Alchemilla mollis
Anemone
hupehensis 'Prinz Heinrich'
Anemone x
hybrida 'Honorine Jobert'
Aruncus dioicus
Astrantia major
Astrantia major rubra
Bergenia 'Abendglut'
Bergenia 'Silberlicht'
Brunnera macrophylla
Caltha palustrus
'Plena'
Carex 'Fishers
Form'
Carex testacea
Delphinium 'Galahad'
Dicentra 'Pearl Drops'
Dicentra spectabilis
Dryopteris filix-mas
Epimedium
perralderianum
Erysimum 'Bowle's Mauve'
Euphorbia myrsinites
Gaura
'Whirling Butterflies'
Geranium 'A T
Johnson'
Geranium
'Ballerina'
Geranium
macrorrhizum 'Ingwersen's Variety'
Geranium
'Mavis Simpson'
Geranium
sanguineum 'Striatum Splendens'
Gypsophila 'Rosy
Veil'
Helianthemum 'Wisley
Pink'
Helianthemum 'Wisley
Primrose'
Helleborus orientalis
Hemerocallis 'Stella
d'Oro'
Heuchera 'Palace
Purple'
Hosta 'Frances
Williams'
Hosta 'Halcyon'
Hosta sieboldiana
'Elegans'
Hosta 'Sum n'
Substance'
Iris laevigata
Iris laevigata
'Alba'
Iris unguicularis
Kniphofia 'Little
Maid'
Libertia
grandiflora
Liriope muscari
Liriope muscari
alba
Miscanthus
'Cosmopolitan'
Miscanthus sinensis
'Zebrinus'
Molinia
caerulea 'Variegata'
Nepeta 'Six Hills
Giant'
Nymphaea (red)
Nymphaea (white)
Polystichum setiferum
Rodgersia aesculifolia
Salvia 'East
Friesland'
Stipa gigantea
Uncinia unciniata rubra
Vinca minor
'Atropurpurea'
SHRUBS
Abelia x grandiflora
Acer
palmatum 'Dissectum'
Berberis
thunbergii 'Atropurpurea Nana'
Caryopteris x
clandonensis
Ceratostigma
willmottianum
Choisya ternata
'Sundance'
Cistus 'Silver Pink'
Convulvulus cneorum
Euonymus 'Emerald
Gaiety'
Fargesia nitida
Fatsia japonica
Hebe 'Mrs Winder'
Hebe rakaiensis
Hebe topiaria
Hydrangea
paniculata 'Grandiflora'
Lavandula
'Hidcote'
Perovskia 'Blue Spire'
Philadelphus
'Manteau D'Hermine'
Phormium 'Jester'
Photinia x fraseri
'Red Robin'
Pleioblastus
auricoma
Rosa 'Avon'
Rosa 'Graham Thomas'
Rosa 'Hertfordshire'
Rosa 'Pandora'
Rosmarinus
'Miss Jessops Variety'
Rosmarinus officinalis
Salvia officinalis 'Purpurascens'
Sarcococca
hookeriana digyna
Teucreum fruticans
'Compactum'
Viburnum tinus
CONIFERS
Cedrus deodora
'Golden Horizon'
CLIMBERS
Abutilon 'Kentish Belle'
Clematis cirrhosa
balearica
Clematis cirrhosa
'Freckles'
Clematis viticella
'Abundance'
Clematis
viticella 'Alba Luxuriens'
Clematis
viticella 'Polish Spirit'
Hydrangea petiolaris
Itea ilicifolia
Jasminum officinale
Jasminum
officinale 'Argenteovariegata'
Lonicera periclymenum
Rosa 'Penny Lane'
Solanum jasminoides
'Album'
Trachelospermum
jasminoides
Vitis vinifera 'Brant'
Vitis vinifera
'Purpurea'
BULBS
Galanthus nivalis
Leucojum
'Gravetye Giant'
Narcissus 'February
Gold'
Narcissus 'Thalia'