Happy Friday GPOders!
Today we venture across the pond with Cindy Strickland. Cindy currently lives in Chicago and in the past has submitted photos of her previous garden in North Carolina (Cindy's Inspiration in North Carolina, Dry Beauty in the Garden), as well as a garden she helped a friend (Gardening). for a Friend), and other gardens he has visited on his international travels (Sydney, Australia and Smallhythe Place).
Today we have a sensational selection of photos from a trip he went on Sissinghurst Castle Garden last year The garden is located near Cranbrook, Kent, UK, and like many historic sites in England, the site has served many purposes and lived several lives before becoming the garden it is today. It would be too long to go into here, but it's worth reading more on the National Trust website: The story of the garden at Sissinghurst Castle
If you find these images inspiring (and who doesn't?), Fine gardening will be hosting a UK garden tour to a similar area in England at the end of May 2025. Secure your place before January 1 for $300 off, so be sure to find more information hereif you are interested!
Hi, I was wondering if you would like to use any of these photos taken in Sissinghurst Castle Garden at the end of May 2023. The photos I am sharing are mainly plants of The White Garden.
A broad view of The White Garden. A little cow parsley (Anthriscus sylvestriszones 6-9) it is visible as well as centaurea and lambs silver ear (Byzantine Stachys and cvs., Zones 4-8).
View of low hedges with white allium drift (Allium stipitatum 'White Giant', zones 4–8).
A close-up of Anthriscus sylvestris. Chatting with people who live nearby, they mentioned that (although cow parsley was new to me), beautiful and ubiquitous at the time, it would die out completely in no time. In the United States it is known as wild chervil in some areas and is considered an invasive plant.
Eastern shooting star (primula meadiazones 4-8) – I knew this plant as a purple or pink spring native; I had not seen a white flower variety.
Script of fireworks (Centaurea lugdunensiszones 3-8) – this bright white flower with violet caught my eye because most centaureas I've seen in the US have been purple or blue.
scotch rose (Rosa spinosissimazones 3-9). These plants were attached to the white garden. My visit to the garden was a little too early in the season to see many roses in bloom, so I'm glad I got to see some of these in the white garden.
Honeywort (Cerinthe Majorzones 7-10) and variegated purple milk thistle (Galactites tomentosayearly). This beautiful combination of purple, green and white plants was in one of Sissinghurst's other garden areas.
Finally, this meadow area looked so lush, inviting and peaceful.
Thanks so much for sharing a taste of this history-laden garden, Cindy! You have captured the spaces of the garden as a whole and each individual plant very well. I actually lived in London for a year after college, and this post really brought back some memories. Maybe I should dig through my archives to find the photos I took of the public gardens I visited while I was there.
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