4 - May

What are we going to see ?

• Herbaceous peonies, The Mixed Border, Clématis.
• Roses : The Noisettes, the Teas, Species roses followed by Gallicas, Albas, Centifolias Damasks and Bourbons.
• Giant Asiatic ramblers.

Clematis 'Ramona' and golden Marjoram

'Easlea Golden Rambler'

Iris chinensis devant le Ceanothus 'Concha'

The damask rose ‘St Nicholas’ against a Budleija alternifolia; behind, swinging on its portico, ‘May Queen’, one of the nicest R.wichurana hybrids.

Iris Border May 15th

iris 'Buisson de roses' and Papaver orientalis carnea

'Tea Rambler' (W.PAUL UK 1904)

Clematis 'Voluceau' blooming through Weigela variegata

Clg.'Cécile Brunner' an astonishingly vigourous climber

exhibits the tiniest perfectly wound up buds. Spectacular mid May.

The standard Wisteria chinensis, one of the features of La Bonne Maison, blooms in sequence above the terra-cotta lynx.

‘Rêve d’Or’, a rambling Noisette from Ducher blooms on its brick wall in the Yucca Garden, and will repeat profusely until the frost.

'Raubritter' and clematis 'Hagley Hybrid'

‘Ramona’