The Garden House Month by Month
February
Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’ in the car park
Woodland perennial Chrysosplenium macrophyllum in the Birch Wood
Narcissus ‘February Gold’ underplanting the silvery trunks of Betula ehmanii ‘Grayswood Hill’
Early flowering Japanese cherry, Prunus incisa ‘Kojo-No-Mi’, in the Summer Garden
Sheets of Crocus tommasinianus in the Bulb Meadow
Looking back to the house across sheets of snowdrops
Expect to be followed around the garden by a resident robin
One of our many clumps of Hellebour x orientalis hybrids
March
Camellia japonica ‘Bokuhan’ below the entrance to the garden
Corylopsis pauciflora on the bank behind the house
Yellow spotted Helleborus x orientalis on the second lawn east border
Japanese cherry tree, Prunus x incam ‘Okame’ at the west end of the Summer Garden
Scill sibirica in the Bulb Meadow
Skimmia japonica ‘Magic Merlot’ in the second lawn top border
Acer palmatum ‘Katsura’ in the Arboretum
Magnolias over the Summer House near the Cottage Garden
April
Tasmannia lanceolata flowering in the second lawn west border
Erythroniums around the metor stone at the base of the Bulb Meadow
Paeonia ‘Aurelia’ in the Walled garden – one of our small collection of peonies
Prunus ‘Ukon’ in full flower in the Arboretum
Rhododendron ‘St Breward’ on the Walled Garden upper terraces
Cornus controversa ‘Variegata’ Rhododendron ‘Elizabeth’ and Magnolias near the summerhouse by the Cottage garden
Border along the roadway down to the lower entrance of the Walled Garden looking up to the summerhouse above the Ovals Garden
View across the second lawn back to the house
May
Late spring combination planting of hardy bulbs Allium ‘Purple Sensation’ and Iris x hollandica ‘Silvery Beauty’ in the Walled Garden
Hybrid swarm of Camassias in the Lime Tree Walk
Iris pseudacorus ‘Roy Davidson’ by the lake in the Arboretum
Libertia formosa on the Quarry Bank
Crab apple, Malus ‘Indian Magic’ in the Arboretum. One of our many sponsored trees.
Rhododendron yakushimanum ‘Wada’s Form’ surrounds the bench between the Summer and Cottage gardens
Quercus rubra ‘Aurea’ above Azaleas on the top terrace of the Walled Garden
Wisteria envelops the tower in the Walled Garden
June
Astrantia major ‘Buckland’, one of many plants to bear the Buckland name
A Dartmoor visitor to the Arboretum lake, Calopteryx virgo, beautiful demoiselle damselfly
Giant Yunnan lily, Cardiocrinum giganteum, in the Birch Wood
Cornus ‘Miss Satomi’ by the west end of the Wild Flower Meadow
View over the Cottage Garden at it’s June peak
Another plant to carry the Garden House name, Hydrangea serrata ‘Garden House Glory’, at the entrance to the garden.
Perennial plantings in the Quarry Garden and view back to the house
Shady border in the lower terrace of the Walled Garden with Kirengeshoma, Hosta, Veratrum and Rodgersias
West end of the Tennis Court terrace of the Walled Garden, with the Lutyens style bench surrounded by white rosebay willowherb
View from the Ovals Garden looking across to Cornus ‘Norman Haddon’ by the overflow car park
July
Eryngium ‘Big Blue’ in the Summer Garden. A perennial beloved by our bees.
Helenium ‘Sahin’s Early Flowerer’, starting it’s long flowering season in the Walled Garden
High summer colour in part of the twin borders of the lower terrace of the Walled Garden
Hydrangea serrata ‘Tiara’ in the borders south of the Summer Garden
The Quarry Bank perennial plantings in July
View over the Summer Garden towrds the wedding cake trees, Cornus controversa ‘Variegata’
Tennis Court terrace of the Walled Garden
View over the lower terrace of the Walled Garden towards the tower
August
Agapanthus ‘Midnight Star’ in the Summer Garden
Hakonechloa macra ‘All Gold’ in the Sunken Garden, part of the lower terrace of the Walled Garden
Herbaceous border on the lower terrace of the Walled Garden
Persicaria ‘Dilke Flosters’, a perennial stalwart of the Sumer Garden
Stipa gigantea in full flower framing a view over the Cottage Garden towards our West Devon hills
View across the Summer Garden to our twin wedding cake trees, Cornus controversa ‘Vaiegata’
Layers of colour and interest in the Walled Garden between the Phillyrea angustifolia hedges
The accessible pathway through the Summer Garden
Part of the Long Walk between the Summer Garden and the Cottage Garden areas
September
Aralia elegantissima in flower above the west end of the Bulb Meadow
Colchicum ‘Waterlily’ in the Bulb Meadow
Euonymus planipes in full autumn colour at the entrance to the Bulb Meadow
Hydrangea ‘Pink Winky’ in the top lawn border
Helianthus ‘Lemon Queen’ in the Summer Garden
Prunus ‘Okame’ autumn foliage in the borders between the Summer and Cottage gardens
Perennial colour in the lower terraces of the Walled Garden
Persicaria and Eupatorium an the Summer Garden
Persicaria by the Arboretum gate in the Walled Garden
October
Early October by the Cottage Garden
Mchaelmas daisies near the Cottage garden
Dahlias and Persicarias in the Walled Garden
Cannas and Dahlias in the Walled Garden
Cascade and Autumn colour at the base of the Acer Glade
Galanthus reginae-olgae, first of the autumn snowdrops
Acer Glade in full colour at the end of October
November
South end of the Acer Glade in early November
Acer palmatum ‘Chitoseyama’ in the Acer Glade early November
Miscanthus ‘China Girl’ in the Walled Garden
Acer griseum in the Arboretum
Camellia sasanqua ‘Pink Pinafore’ in the Birch Wood
Galanthus elwesii var, monostictus ‘Smaragdsplitter’, one of our many snowdrop varieties around the top lawns
December
Song Thrush hunts for snails in December frosts
Mahonia ‘Lionel Fortescue’, Garden House bred on the wall of the house
December garden structure at the top of the Quarry Bank
Chimonanthus praecox ‘Trenython’, wintersweet, on the house wall
Cleaning and oiling the many benches at The Garden House
Galanthus ‘Turkish Delight’, one of many early flowering snowdrops
Ornamental grass Chionochloa rubra in the Summer Garden
January
Snowdrops, Galanthus elwesii ‘S. Arnott’, in the Bulb Meadow
Cyclamen coum in the second lawn border
Beautifully scented Daphne bholua ‘Garden House Enchantress’ in the top lawn border
Clematis urophylla ‘Winter Beauty’ on the tower wall in the Walled garden
Iris histriodes ‘Angel’s Tears’ in the border of the top lawn
Scented flowers of Sarcococca ruscifolia var. chinensis ‘Dragon Gate’ by the house
View across the second lawn with Cornus ‘Amy’s Winter Orange’ stems shining brightly