The Wide Border

The borders each side of the grass path leading to an ageing chestnut tree, are planted with shrubs and herbaceous plants in tones of crimson, pink, mauve and purple with abundant grey foliage. A magnificently flowered rose 'Cerise Bouquet' threatens to take over, and Magnolia loebneri 'Leonard Messel' has become a small tree. A young tree paeony 'Rock's Variety', has started to flower.

The Wide Border

This is our main summer border full of colour and scent with many varieties of herbaceous geraniums, campanulas and penstemon. Several clumps of the 'Burning Bush', Dictamnus albus purpureus are to be found. On a still summer evening one can ignite their oily seed heads in a spectacular pyrotechnic display without harming the plant.

One side of the border is dominated by a purple-leaved acer while Indigofera amblyantha and heterantha give height to the other side.