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hhp trip to essex
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langthorn's plantery
We inspected every inch of Langthorn's Plantery as shown by the logger
 Plants on the owner's house |
 Rosa 'Wickwar' Soulieana Hybrid, medium sized, creamy-white, single flowers borne in clusters. Dense growth with greyish foliage; also makes a good shrub with support. (See above) Being a climber the thorns are large. It flowers once only.
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 Terrible photograph as it was windy and a fast shutter speed gave very little depth of field, the tips of the petals are OK!! As it was such a handsome and unusual peony, I thought it was worth including it. |
 Peony before the pollen appears. |
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Eremurus fox tail lily |
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 Strelitzia reginae |
 Tree fern fiddlehead |
 Cornus kousa with extra large flowers |
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 Rosa moyesii a pink form |
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 Erigeron mucronatus |
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 Dilapidated barn |
 Pond |
We loaded up the coach with the fruits of some enjoyable retail therapy, then on to Hyde Hall for lunch and more plants | |||||||
hyde hall
gps points at Hyde Hall, picture by Google
| We had lunch on arrival at Hyde Hall then walked up the hill to the restaurant for coffee. It was still very windy! |
 Alliums and red hot pokers |
 Men still at work |
 Art Gallery |
 Restaurant ceiling |
 Tree ferns |
 Fox tail lilies |
 Weather still changeable, but it did not rain |
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 Graham Thomas |
 Good planting |
 Rosa 'Erfurt' - Kordes 1939 |
 Elegant grasses |
gps points in the garden, picture by Google
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A Victorian house surrounded by a garden designed, created and maintained by the owners to provide all year round interest. The colour coordinated borders and beds are enhanced with topiary, grasses and climbers. April starts with thousands of tulips followed by Alliums. By June the roses are blooming with many perennials, July is hemerocallis show time, Sept includes Dahlias Asters, late exotics. |
 Mirror |
 Self sown |
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 One of the many fine clematis hybrids |
 Clematis durandii |
 Clematis 'Josephine' |
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 What is it? |
 Pools |
 Rusty dragonfly |
 Beech mast for a path |
 Arum |
 Papaver 'Patty's Plum |
 What a wonderful complexion |
 Border |
 Hemerocallis cultivar |
 Pink and blue border |
 Longer view |
 Pink and purple |
 Nice combination |
 Red eschscholzia californica |
 Foxglove |
 Red hot pokers |
 Rosa 'Hot Chocolate' |
 Hot border |
 Boris hiding in the bushes |
 Cornus kousa |
 Poppy pod |
 Summer house |
 Rosa 'Hot Chocolate' |
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We had tea with some wonderful cake especially a ginger and apple one,
then after an additional quarter of an hour in the garden we enjoyed a
trouble free journey home. The loveliest garden that I have
seen in years. A well organized trip 1.FANDSGingerandapple_cake.htm for the recipe, kindly supplied by Roger |
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