Sissinghurst revisited.

I adjudicate to see the wonderful garden at Sissinghurst double a yr . It seems to be a preferred garden of quite a few other garden bloggers too .

I be intimate it in Spring but course June is everybody ’s pet time here when the Rose Garden and the White garden are looking specially witching . Jenny atDuverdiaryvisited Sissinghurst late too , do pop over and look at her wonderful photos .

Vita ’s white garden has believably been imitated more than any other garden ever . You see white gardens everywhere , but nowhere is it carry off with such panache and panache as at Sissinghurst . The trouble is attempt to photograph it as it is always so full of masses . Jenny manage to get quite a few guesswork without hordes of multitude but I only manage one . The centre of the garden draws the eye with the wonderful gothic arbour covered withRosa mulliganii . This was designed by Nigel Nicholson . Apparently in Vita and Harold ’s clock time there were almond trees here . In the centre is a huge Taiwanese bowl bought by Harold in Egypt . Silver looks fantastic with lily-white and the weeping pear : Pyrus salicifoliais dreamy with the statue of the Virgo sheltering under the retentive branches . I screw the large clump of whiteDictamnus albuswhich I believe exudate a throttle that you may set fire to . I can never get the thing to thrive although I love it and have try it several times . The last thing I would do is prepare fire to it . A shrub that I have never see before isDeutzia multiradiata . I am not a great sports fan of Deutzias but this is adorable and has such daintyflowers . A small gem that I shall be looking out for isDianthus‘Charles Musgrave ’ . I bang the light-green middle to the flowers . The shady arbour cloak in wisteria and vine was a favorite outside dining spot for Vita and Harold . They call it The Erechtheum after the temple to Athene on the Acropolis . On a hot day there is dandy competition for a seat here . The above exposure is the view from a hind end in the Erechtheum which I managed to bag after a bit of lurking . TheEremurusare over butRosa‘Madame Alfred Carriere ’ is still looking good with its pure white flowers and its sheeny folio . Apparently Vita annd Harold used to call this rose ‘ Mrs Alfonso ’s Career ’ .

A sodding demarcation to the White Garden is establish in the sunset shades of the Cottage Garden . Troy Smith who is now the head gardener of Sissinghurst says he is unhappy with the Irish yew because he feels they have become too big . This beautiful atomic number 29 was found by Vita in one of the barns that had been used as a laundry . It makes a wonderful focal detail for the centre of the garden . I bang the color compounding ofAquilegia formosa . I ’m not certain about the verbascums though . I am not fond of their bragging felty leaves which get round by the cat of the Mullein moth . But I recall the lime greenEuphorbia cornigeralooks good with it . Back leave there isEuphorbia griffithiiwith its orange bracts .

People kept asking me what this pretty , little blossom is . It is a bulb : Calachortus‘Golden Orb’ . The redAlstroemeriamade quite an impact . I love the cottage garden , it see good in springiness and in summertime it just gets better and better , until in late summertime it really come into its own . My favourite part of the garden in June is the rose garden which was expect and smell quite wizard when I was there . But this will have to wait for the next spot .

57 Responses toSissinghurst revisited.

It is always so respectable to impose Sissinghurst , there is so much inspiration that can be used in our own garden . My Rosa mulliganii is flowering too , it is too soon this year , mine is up the stagnant oak in the garden , not as full-strength as theirs !

One of the gardens I hope to visit – someday . Thanks for divvy up your sojourn , Chloris .

Some day I would love to call in Sissinghurst , until then , other bloggers ’ picture , like yours , will have to do . Thanks for share them , I enjoyed the white garden very much .

Thank you for these pictures . They brought back retentiveness of visiting the garden . I uprise Dictamus albus and like it a muckle but in my experience it is a industrial plant that can not be move . You have to make certain it is put where you want it for good .

bang all the detail and persuasion you have put into this mail service . We went recently and because of a dealings jam did n’t get there till 6 pm . It mean we had a whistle full point visit but almost had the place to ourselves which was wonderful . The rose in the whitened garden did n’t cover the pergola as much as I remember . Is this just a dilute back practice they have done this class ?

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Sissinghurst revisited.