3 - April

What are we going to see ?

• Tree peonies. First Chinese ramblers, Persian roses, Scottish roses and R. spinosissima hybrids. First species roses.
• The mixed border wakes up. Species tulips , prunus, malus, clématis.

Tree Peony ‘Major Howel’, a P.sufruticosa hybrid, in the peonies alley.

V. plicatum mariesii, one of the most spectacular Viburnum

R. hugonis, discovered in 1910 turns into a fountain of gold for several weeks and reaches 3m x3m.

Prunus ‘Pink Perfection’ and Malus 'Red Jade' overlooking Lyon.

Mixed Border late April

Viburnum carlesii scents the Secret Garden since mid April, not far from…

Viburnum carlesii

Clg.' Old Blush'

…’Fortune’s Double Yellow’ the rose found in a Mandarin’s Garden in 1835 by Robert Fortune, climbing up the neighbouring trees to more than 8m. heights.

'Fortune's Double Yellow'

This R. gigantea hybrid, discovered along the road to Lijiang in Yunnan.

'Lijiang Road Rose'

‘Isabelle Rivière’ & Prunus shirotae pendula

Tulipa acuminata