Innholdsfortegnelse for October 2018 i Gardens Illustrated Magazine

As the editor of Gardens Illustrated I often meet and visit the gardens of leading designers and plantspeople; experts who work with plants every day and choose the very best. It’s a privilege to hear about the detail of a plant palette from the plantsman who created it, why they selected one cultivar above another and – always – what they plan to plant next. With this in mind, five of Britain’s most inspiring designers, including Andy Sturgeon, Jinny Blom and Hugo Bugg, share the spring bulbs that they are planning to plant this autumn. Andy’s recommendations include elegant and reliable Narcissus ‘Thalia’, which is good in partial shade and, for a gravel garden, the sea squill, Drimia maritima. It is one of several selections for dry planting and a…

The Cornish peninsula is famous for its sheltered gardens harbouring important collections of magnolias, camellias, rhododendrons, palms, tree ferns and many other exotic plant groups that predominantly flower in the spring. Most of these gardens are found on the south coast where valley gardens lead down to secluded creeks warmed by the Gulf Stream to give unique microclimates. Our four-day tour allows you to discover the magnificence of some of Cornwall’s finest gardens including Tregrehan, Caerhays, Trewithen and Tregothnan. We’ll also be joined for a day by garden designer Charles Fox whose influential shipping merchant family was responsible for the creation in the 19th century of the gardens at Glendurgan, Penjerrick and Trebah, and he’ll talk about the gardens’ fascinating histories over lunch at Glendurgan. We’ll stay at Olga Polizzi’s…

The Japanese have always treated plants with special reverence, whether artistic, religious or horticultural. This can be observed in the many extraordinary Japanese gardens that seek to encapsulate the very essence of nature. After living in Tokyo as a student, I wanted to escape the intensity of the city and explore the pristine wilderness for myself. While it’s fun to welcome the cherry blossom of spring among the picnicking hanami crowds, autumn surely calls for solitude and adventure. Remote natural mountainside onsen, or hot springs, were the best discovery of my long hikes. The island of Hokkaido is the northernmost landmass of the Japanese archipelago. The mountains here are almost all of volcanic origin, including several active volcanoes within Daisetsuzan National Park that belch chalky yellow clouds of sulphur as…

Would a prairie using American natives work in the UK? Although the prairie plants used in this garden are not native to northern Europe, many have been part of our garden history for almost 200 years, and, with a few exceptions, they have behaved well. Most are an excellent source of nectar for pollinators in late summer and autumn, at a time when our native species have little to offer. They are also strong growers on fertile soils, so it is no surprise that for more than 20 years researchers in the UK and in Germany have been looking at using them to create colourful low-maintenance combinations for public space plantings. Many of the species used in this prairie are already familiar to British gardeners as border plants, but they…

ANDY STURGEON Garden designer, writer and TV presenter with a naturalistic approach 1 Narcissus ‘Thalia’ This pure-white, multi-headed daffodil is all elegance and fragility, but deceptively tough. The petals flare backwards, thrusting the trumpet forward. Wonderful in damp, partial shade among Anemone nemerosa . Flowers (F) April. Height (H) 40cm. Hardiness rating (HR) RHS H6, USDA 3a-8b† . 2 Drimia maritima The Mediterranean sea squill is spectacular in large drifts in a gravel garden. The fleshy, agave-like foliage dies back to let the flower spike erupt from a naked bulb. Usually white but can be pink. F August – September. H 1m upwards. HR USDA 8a-11. 3 Tulipa sprengeri A late-flowering scarlet tulip with bright, glossy green leaves, this is at home among primulas, naturalised in the cool shade of…

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Now is the time to order your autumn-planted bulbs and if our feature on page 60 has inspired your plant list, bulb supplier Jacques Amand is offering Gardens Illustrated readers a 20% discount on some of the designers’ choices. HOW TO ORDER • Online Enter code GARILL20 at jacquesamandintl.com • By phone Call 020 8420 7110 quoting ‘Gardens Illustrated’. • By email Send your request to bulbs@jacquesamand.co.uk quoting ‘Gardens Illustrated’. • By post Fill in the coupon and send it together with a cheque or payment details to Gardens Illustrated 265/Bulb Offer, Jacques Amand International Ltd, The Nurseries, Clamp Hill, Stanmore, Middlesex HA7 3JS. P&P £5.90 on all UK orders† . Offer ends 31 October 2018. Order your bulbs as early as possible before items sell out. Should any of…

CRISTIAN BARNETT Cristian photographs artist Jane Bevan, page 70. “Jane’s entire process, from foraging to creating, was a joy to record. She has a real affinity with the raw elements of her work.” SANAE SUGIMOTO Sanae illustrates Frank Ronan’s column this month, page 114. “I love English gardens and culture and am honoured to be drawing for Gardens Illustrated from Japan.” NOEL KINGSBURY Noel visits a meadow garden created by Larry Weaner, page 34. “Larry has an innovative approach to design-led wildflower planting, shown here on a grand scale.”…

GET AHEAD FOR CHRISTMAS Next month the Garden Museum in London hosts the Beautiful & Useful one-day craft fair offering gorgeous gift ideas from some of Britain’s best designer-makers in the fields of ceramics, wood, willow, metalwork and more. Browse Clara Castner’s delicate porcelain vases alongside wooden spoons and chopping boards from Grain & Knot, and concrete pots and planters with provenance from Peckham makers From the Land. The Garden Café will also be open for refreshments and lunch, making this a really enjoyable early Christmas shopping day out. 18 November, 10.30am-5pm. gardenmuseum.org.uk • Tickets for the event cost £5, which includes entrance to the museum’s collections (normally £10), but Gardens Illustrated readers can buy tickets at the discounted price of £4. Simply enter the code ‘GM20’ when booking online.…

VERNONIA ARKANSANA Ironweed takes its Latin name from the 17th-century English botanist William Vernon who collected many plants in what is now the US state of Maryland. It’s a large plant for the back of a border that blooms exuberantly until late autumn with fluffy purple tassels combined in large umbels. It grows best on a rich, slightly moist soil with lots of sun. It is beautiful as a cut flower, very attractive to butterflies and makes a nice successor to Eupatorium in autumn borders. Height 2m. Origin North America. Growing conditions Moist but well-drained soil; full sun. Hardiness RHS H7, USDA 5a-8b† . Season of interest Summer to autumn. ASTER RUGULOSUS ‘ASRUGO’ A beautiful and hassle-free aster that flowers abundantly and for several months. It doesn’t proliferate and doesn’t…

Earliest gardening memory My grandparents were always tinkering in their garden, often falling in the pond when tending to the rockery – much to my delight as a small child. First plant love Trees: the bigger the better. As a child I was always climbing them. Nothing beats a big majestic oak to clamber through. Who are your horticultural heroes and why? I find Piet Oudolf a really inspiring garden designer, with his mass planting schemes that billow like meadows and also look great throughout winter. My other hero is a friend of mine, Steve Gamble, a kitchen gardener on an estate where I used to work. There’s not a single question I’ve asked him that he hasn’t known the answer to. He’s a wealth of knowledge and I’m honoured…

1 Symphyotrichum racemosum Branching flowerheads on upright stems give this aster useful bulk. Forms a lowly expanding clump. 1.2m. RHS H7, USDA 3a-8b† . 2 Pycnanthemum muticum Aromatic perennial with long-lasting silvery bracts and a strong minty scent. It’s an especially noted pollinator loved by butterflies. Happy in sun or light shade. 90cm. RHS H7, USDA 4a-8b. 3 Symphyotrichum novae-angliae An upright species of aster that is important for providing late-season colour, which can vary from pink to dark purple. Best in sun. Prefers rich, moist soils. Will self-seed. 1.2-2m. RHS H7, USDA 4a-8b. 4 Andropogon gerardii The most important prairie grass. Known as bluestem for its blue-green early growth that develops good autumn colour. It’s vigorous in full sun and any soil that’s not too fertile. 2.5m. USDA 4a-9b.…

What Large, hardy, summer-flowering, deciduous shrubs with attractive, rounded green, purple or gold leaves and feathery flower plumes. Its common name of smoke bush or smoke tree is inspired by the wispy character of its flowers. Origins Three species from Europe and Asia, southeast USA and southwest China. Season The abundant summer foliage often colours brilliantly in autumn. The fine, feathery, flower plumes remain attractive for many weeks from midsummer through to autumn. Size The smaller cultivars grow to 1.2m in height and spread, while larger ones can reach 4-8m in height and spread. Conditions Full sun or partial shade on any well-drained soil. Reasonably tolerant of exposed sites. Hardiness Most are hardy throughout the UK even in cold winters and have an RHS hardiness rating of H5 (hardy to…

AVON BULBS If Avon Bulbs puts on a display at a garden show it’s worth allowing yourself a decent amount of time to look at everything it has got on offer. Award-winner time and again, the range includes the expected tulips and daffodils and other treats, including Tulipa ‘Armani’, a good substitute for Tulipa ‘Abu Hassan’, currently in short supply. Tel 01460 242177, avonbulbs.co.uk BLOMS BULBS The winner of 67 Gold Medals for its cut tulip displays at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show. Good range of species tulips, which naturalise well and can also be left in the ground from year to year. Bloms also has display gardens at Pashley Manor in Sussex, Constable Burton in North Yorkshire, Chenies Manor in Hertfordshire and Glenarm Castle in Northern Ireland. Tel 01234…

GARDENLUST by Christopher Woods Timber Press, £29.99 ISBN 978-1604697971 An extraordinary collection of 21st-century gardens that will arouse the wanderlust in anyone keen on contemporary landscape design. Reviewer Annie Guilfoyle is a garden designer and writer. Even before turning the very first page, I knew this book would be filled with the most extraordinary gardens – for the simple reason that author Christopher Woods was the chief designer and director of Chanticleer in the USA for 20 years. It is one of my favourite gardens, so I knew the horticultural bar was set very high. Woods describes himself as ‘a restless man at heart’ and declares, ‘I continue to fall in love with this extraordinary world and its botanical marvels’. His mission was to travel across six continents with a…

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1 WATERPERRY GARDENS A place to explore, relax and shop in beautiful surroundings all year round. Celebrate Apple Weekend at Waterperry on 6 and 7 October. Apple and juice tastings, identification, expert advice and information about growing fruit trees, orchard tours and more. Near Wheatley, Oxon OX33 1LA | 01844 339226 | waterperrygardens.co.uk 2 WOBURN ABBEY AND GARDENS Visit these award-winning gardens as they erupt in an array of stunning autumn colours. There’s autumn interest throughout the parkland and gardens but the Bog Garden steals the show. Take in many features designed by the great Landscape Designer Humphry Repton. Open daily until 28 October. Woburn, Bedfordshire, MK17 9WA | 01525 290333 | woburnabbey.co.uk 3 PICTON CASTLE & GARDENS Explore the 13th Century Castle’s rich history, discover…

NOVEMBER ISSUE • A contemporary English garden that offers year-round interest • Unexpected cut flowers from the Beth Chatto garden • The best viburnum for autumn berries • Colour, geometry and inspiring plant combinations in a new Australian garden…

JAMES BASSON James lives in the South of France where he runs Scape Design with his wife Helen, specialising in low-maintenance and dry gardens. He is a fervent advocate for creating sustainable landscapes. The winner of four Chelsea Gold medals, he was awarded Best in Show in 2017. FERGUS GARRETT Fergus was appointed head gardener at Great Dixter by Christopher Lloyd in 1993. He is passionate about passing on his knowledge through student and volunteer programmes at Dixter and through worldwide lectures. He was awarded an RHS Associate of Honour in 2008. ANNA PAVORD Anna’s books include her bestseller The Tulip and most recently Landskipping. For 30 years she was The Independent’s gardening correspondent. In 2000 the RHS awarded her the Veitch Memorial Medal. She lives and gardens in Dorset.…

If you love maples then you’ll love Plantentuin Esveld. The Dutch nursery has its own Aceretum devoted to an extensive collection of more than 1,000 different maples, consisting of almost all hardy species and a wide range of cultivars. I always enjoy visiting in May and June, when the young leaves develop, but the trees are spectacular in autumn when the flaming colours give a wonderful display. Alongside the acers the nursery also has collections of Buxus, Pieris and Lonicera. Rijneveld 72, 2771XS Boskoop, the Netherlands. Tel +31 (0)172 213289, esveld.nl Dutch designer Lianne Pot has created a colourful and vibrant prairie garden that is far more than just a show garden for the many grasses she sells at Lianne’s Siergrassen. The 3,500 square metre-garden has been laid out in…

When Stephen Crisp took up the job of head gardener at Winfield House, the private residence of the US ambassador in London’s Regent’s Park, he knew he wanted to improve the 12.5-acre garden. What he had found on his first visit to London’s second largest private garden was a 19th-century landscape, with borrowed views of Regent’s Park, overlaid with a revived 1930s’ garden that had been added to in the intervening years. It was, he says frankly, “frayed round the edges and lacking in vision.” Aged 27, and fresh from a five-year post as head horticulturist at Leeds Castle, Stephen set out to make it one of the best private gardens in central London. Thirty years later, with the garden featured on the covers of two recent books, he feels…

Artist Jane Bevan has a very covetable home studio space. It’s a huge, bright attic room, converted from an old barn building, with impressive beams and beautiful brickwork. In the centre is a large table, laden with boxes and baskets, and every one is filled with bits of nature gathered from local woodland near her home in south Derbyshire. From pine needles to sycamore seedheads, feathers, twigs and strips of bark. It’s like a very organised forest floor. Jane, who has enjoyed collecting things all her life, uses them to make intricate vessels and small sculptures. Ten years ago, after a career working in art galleries and museums, Jane enrolled on a degree in craft at the University of Derby to give her time to experiment using and working with…

I BELIEVE TRYING TO CAPTURE THE FLAIR AND AURA OF A CERTAIN PLACE IS MOST IMPORTANT Certain places can make the heart flutter and the imagination soar. Every time I travel, I return feeling inspired by the locations visited, be it by the sun-dappled woodlands in the Welsh countryside, miniature French courtyards, or the bricolage streets of Sri Lanka. We all have at least one special place somewhere in the world that has left an indelible imprint and awakened a feeling of belonging as strong as that of our own home. I remember the very first time my grandmother took me to visit the Winter Garden in Kretinga, in my home country of Lithuania, on a rainy and dull autumn day. It felt like stepping into another world, a tropical…

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I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER THAN TO MIMIC TULIPS FROM A DUTCH EXAMPLE And now it is time to begin, yet again, with tulips. At the moment of writing the order has not yet been made and I am beginning to lose sleep over it. You would think, with all these refreshed borders to work in, that the world was my oyster. But I have been here before and the dilemma now is whether to blow the housekeeping on a spectacle that I know will flourish for a year and barely do for another, or kid myself into thinking that I am investing a similar amount with long-term gains in mind. There are tulips that have withstood more than a decade in this wet, unripening clay, most outstanding of which…