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Monday, 15 May 2017

May Plants at Knebworth Park

Take a look around Knebworth Park during Maytime and you won't be left disappointed. Many of the perennial borders are lush, green and full in readiness to bloom for the summer and there's plenty of interesting May flowering plants throughout both the gardens and woodlands that are stunning.

Take a little tour around to see the highlights in the garden in May...




Above - lush and green mixed perennial borders ready to burst into summer flower.


Below- A covered walkway with climbing honeysuckles, clematis and early flowering roses. 





Bluebells, aquilega and tulips making a beautiful and scenic woodland display. 


Tiarella spring symphony with its pale pink buds and white stars enjoying the pond area


Veronicas and campions fill vast wild areas in the open woodland spaces



Horse sculptures make for an interesting display in a the walled box courtyard



A superb display of purple alliums stand tall in front of Knebworth House



One of my favourites during May, wisteria weaving its way along a sunlit wall



A group of vivid blue irises - another May beauty


Early yellow roses flowering against a sunny and sheltered wall, fronted by pale white alliums



Saturday, 24 May 2014

What's in the garden in May?

May is nearly over now and the warmer weather and showers of rain have brought the whole garden bursting into bloom. There are an abundance of plants flowering now, giving some beautiful displays of colour. Here are a few of our plants that have been giving us some dazzling displays for May. 

Clematis - now clambering up the fence, overhanging the garden shed and looping itself on the arbor
Phlox in shades of lilac
Geum - this has been flowering since April and will continue all summer
Colourful border - cystus (broom) in the background, Californian lilac, yellow winter flowering wall flowers (flowering since January), pink carnation, geum
The lupins are just blooming! (winter wallflowers in the background)
white saxifrage
Stunning display of chives flowering in the herb patch - tasty leaves too!
Colourful display of Californian lilac
One of my favourites - aquilega
vivid colour provided by the broom
wallflowers in the barbeque area
stunning display of day lilies by the pond (hemerocallis)
A poppy just bursting into bloom amongst the finishing forget me nots!