UK travels - Great Dixter

[charlie]

I was there for a British Clematis society meeting but had the afternoon to wander around the garden, seeing it for the first time in late September was perhaps not the best time of year but as you will see plenty of colour, like Andy I was a little disappointed in the pot display in front of the house (to the point it wasn't worth a picture), Liz was not that thrilled with some of the colour combos but the place had a nice feel to it.

Some autumn crocus
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Pretty sure nothing with this large a flower would stand up without staking down here, says something about the effectiveness of good hedges
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The old rose garden is quite a jungle, and cleverly done as I couldn't tell which plants were planted out and which were permanent
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[kGarden]

Pretty sure nothing with this large a flower would stand up without staking down here

That looks like Emory Paul - I got mine from Great Dixter when we visited, its still the largest flowering Dahlia that I own (and I have several big'uns - Boy's Toys and all that ...)

The old rose garden is quite a jungle, and cleverly done as I couldn't tell which plants were planted out and which were permanent

It was like that when we last visited, and had just rained heavily, so everything a bit more weighted down as a result and we got soaked just trying to push through the paths! I liked the "Look" though, and it was the inspiration for my own Exotic garden being of "Jungle" style, rather than stand-back-and-view-it.

[tony]

That chatreuse persicaria in the rose garden is fantastic, really big leaves too. I must get round to propogate it, they are so easy from cuttings