Wordless Wednesday – A choice of routes? No contest!

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Imagine the scent as you take the middle path … That’s Daphne Jacqueline Postill‘ on both sides. Delicious!

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Daphne bholua Jacqueline Postill

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The Winter Garden at Cambridge Botanical Gardens is designed as a dell and surrounded by hedges. Shielded from the noise of traffic, it is veritable sense sensation.

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Chimonanthus praecox ‘Grandiflorus’

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A brilliant green grass-edged path winds through the shallow valley which was designed so that sunlight illuminates some features and backlights others.

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Star of the show (IMHO) currently is Hamamelis × intermedia ‘Jelena’

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The plan is available as a PDF, as is the planting List

 

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8 Responses to Wordless Wednesday – A choice of routes? No contest!

  1. it all looks so beautiful, not just the plants but the calmness and sunlight too, Frances

    • Yes, it was cleverly planned and is a very popular destination round here. They do alter the planting from time to time, but the well-chosen trees and shrubs remain a very successful backbone to the area and of course get bigger and better each year.

  2. susurrus says:

    What a good idea to make the planting list pdf available. Thanks for sharing!

  3. Tina says:

    So gorgeous! Is that first shot taken during spring or summer?

  4. Brian Skeys says:

    I wish we lived closer. ( Garden envy).

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