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                                                                                                                  Cut flowers every day of the year.

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                                                                                                                  The Cut Flower Garden continues a very "old school" gardening tradition.  In the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries the "picking garden" was an essential component of any self respecting country garden.  Life for an Edwardian country lady would have been unthinkable without one.  Plants grown here would be chosen purely for their suitability as cut flowers.  Perfection of bloom was the goal.

                                                                                                                  This garden allows us to grow plants such as those ungainly modern hybrid roses which as a shrub tend to be as ugly as sin but do produce blooms of incomparable beauty; in this garden such plants are safely tucked away. In addition to roses, we grow a range of bulbs, perennial and annuals that  provide something worth picking ever week of the year.  The garden provides a variety of situations ranging from full sun to dense shade with a pergola for climbers widening our options.

                                                                                                                  A wall of espaliered cherries provides an edible component to this garden room and provides much needed shelter from strong winds.

                                                                                                                  Roses in The Cut Flower Garden
                                                                                                                  In Bed 1
                                                                                                                  Peace
                                                                                                                  Tuscan Sun
                                                                                                                  Marilyn Monroe
                                                                                                                  Just Joey
                                                                                                                  Papa Meilland
                                                                                                                  Blue Moon
                                                                                                                  Elina
                                                                                                                  John F Kennedy

                                                                                                                  In Bed 2
                                                                                                                  Mr Lincoln Standards
                                                                                                                  Burnt Coffee
                                                                                                                  Ebb Tide
                                                                                                                  Blue Something


                                                                                                                  Climbing Roses
                                                                                                                  Souvenir de la Malmaison
                                                                                                                  Gloire de Dijon
                                                                                                                  Zepherine Drouhin

                                                                                                                  Allium - decorative Garlic varieties
                                                                                                                  Russian Giant Garlic

                                                                                                                  Fruiting Cherry Trees
                                                                                                                  Burgman
                                                                                                                  Bing
                                                                                                                  Early variety
                                                                                                                  Late variety


                                                                                                                  Perennials and Bulbs in The Cut Flower Garden
                                                                                                                  Dahlia Delbard Soleil Couchant
                                                                                                                  Dahlia Delbard Canaries
                                                                                                                  Dahlia Delbard Chambord
                                                                                                                  Dahlia - Red Decorative
                                                                                                                  Dahlia  Drip sellf sown Seedling  --apricot tones
                                                                                                                  Dahlia - large lilac

                                                                                                                  Tree Peony ???
                                                                                                                  Tree Peony ????
                                                                                                                  Herbaceous Peony "Dr Graveuax" red
                                                                                                                  Herbaceous Peony "Maruegurite Gerard"  pale  pink
                                                                                                                  Herbaceous Peony "Felix Supreme" red
                                                                                                                  Herbaceous Peony "Marie Lemoine" doublke white, red edges
                                                                                                                  Herbaceous Peony "Chinese Round Purple" red purple
                                                                                                                  Herbaceous Peony ":Shirley Temple" double white fragrant
                                                                                                                  Alstromeria variety
                                                                                                                  Alstromeria variety
                                                                                                                  Alstromeria variety
                                                                                                                  Alstromeria variety
                                                                                                                  white princess bulb thingy
                                                                                                                  Galtonia candicans Moonbeam

                                                                                                                  A SLIDESHOW FOR "THE CUT FLOWER GARDEN" IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION
                                                                                                                  In the meantime click here to view a slideshow on our blog

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