…colour of this plant is far better than others we have or the original I remember. My mother adored the colour; Dad less so when she threatened to get wallpaper…

…Queen’. A very old but beautiful dome shaped plant died of old age at the Red Linney 25 years ago and my mother sprayed the dead plant white and used…

…from Serena and Neil (plus Saffron) in the fernery. My father proposed to my mother sitting on the trunk of an old half collapsed fern from exactly this circle in…

…Viola hederacea ‘Mother-in-Laws Tongue’ – Sansevieria trifasciata in flower. Sansevieria trifasciata Impatiens repens. Impatiens repens Impatiens repens Ipomoea lobata – a perennial grown here as an annual. Ipomoea lobata A…

…in the 16th century. My guess is it actually grew from the bird seed on the bird table which was here until my mother died eight years ago. In the…

…from a Ukranian mother and her two daughters who have been in the UK for over a year. Here the girls discover Tree Ferns. two daughters Ripe seed already on…

…My mother was very keen on these sibericas and there are still some outside The Rabbit Warren in a damp shady place. Iris siberica ‘Butter and Sugar’ Iris siberica ‘Butter…

…collected seed and named after Sir Harold’s mother. Magnolia campbellii ‘Ethel Hillier’ Magnolia campbellii ‘Ethel Hillier’ Views across the magnolia planting area at the centre of Forty Acres Wood. Nothing…

…The front of the Clandeboye House The bee house in a walled garden which apparently used to house a young Russian bear after the Marquis had shot its mother. The…

…‘Ethel Hillier’ is a seedling of Magnolia campbellii ‘Alba’ collected from wild collected seed and named after Sir Harold Hillier’s mother. This is often confused with Magnolia ‘Sir Harol Hillier’,…