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67-69 high streeet, Finedon
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 Yellow Bamboo |
 An area of formality setting off the wonderful range of plants |
 Cosmos full of thrips |
 White dahlia |
 Musk |
 Tuberous begonia |
 Echeveria |
 Bed with pink cactus dahlias  |
 Bupleurum fruticosum |
 Detail |
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 Attractive paving |
 Hostas and hanging baskets |
 Clematis |
 Vegetable garden |
 Clematis 'Prince Charles' |
 Cerinthe minor |
 Planter |
One of the most beautifully maintained and planted gardens that I have seen |
We drove to Kelmarsh Hall where we had our picnic
kelmarsh hall
 Kelmarsh Hall |
 Astrantia major and beetle |
 Galega officinalis |
 Pleached hedge |
 Tropaeolum speciosum |
 Thalictrum flavum |
 Rose garden |
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 Rosa Mundi |
 Old fashioned rose |
 Anthemis |
 Lychnis chalcedonica |
 Red Helenium |
 Iris lactea |
 Iris lactea |
 Acanthus mollis |
 Lilium martagon |
 Bark of a tree with maple style leaves |
 Enormous rambling rose with massive swags of flowers, detail on the right |
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 Centifolia style rose |
 Highly scented old rose or modern hybrid |
 Gorgeous leaf |
 Sweet williams |
 Tender passion flower in the greenhouse |
 Sweet pea |
 Dahlia |
 Interesting curtains in the tearoom |
 Last view of Kelmarsh Hall - a pity about the vehicles (the picture does not enlarge) |
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cottesbrooke hall
It was a short drive to our last garden
 Hydrangea 'Annabelle' type |
 Lilium regale |
 Lilium regale |
 Pink roses |
 Herbaceous border with Cercis canadensis 'Forest Pansy' |
 Modern version of an old fashioned rose |
 Modern version of an old fashioned rose |
 Sisyrinchium stiatum and a Dianthus in the gravel. Below a close up of the dianthus flowers
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 Thalictrum |
 Madonna lily |
 Pale pink rose-bay willow herb |
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 Astrantia major |
 Onopordum acanthium |
 Polystichum setiferum |
 Clematis texensis hybrid |
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 Putti |
 Tibouchina urvilleana |
 Romneya coulteri |
 Berkheya purpurea |
 Orlaya grandiflora |
 Orange foxtail lilies |
 Herbaceous border |
 Wild boar |
 Magnificent cedar |
 Tower |
 Monkey with a pipe |
 Monarda |
 Delphinium |
 Gateway |
 Yellow rose |
 Planting outside the loo |
 White foxtail lilies |
We went home down the M1 rather than the A1M, there were a few slow sections and it was hot in the coach, but we had a very good day out. |
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 Cottesbrooke Hall - it does not enlarge |
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