What to look out for in the garden on your visit:

The Sundial & Tennis Court Tea Gardens are well worth the visit to see the wide variety of plants in flower. In the drier and very sunny beds by the Tea House you will find Russian Sage (Perovskia), Balm of Gilead (Cedronella canariensis) with very aromatic foliage and pale purple flowers and Lemon Verbena (Aloysia citriodora) with very lemon scented leaves. The Sundial Garden is Exbury

The Herbaceous Border by the Five Arrows Gallery is full of interesting perennials including the following: Heleniums, Schizostylis, Rudbeckias, Ligularias, Cardoons, California-fuschia (Zauschneria californica) and many more. The border continues to give an abundance of colour right into the late autumn when the Japanese Anemones and Grasses provide late interest.

The Hydrangea Walk is beginning to look good with a wide variety of Teller Lace cap and mop head Hydrangeas.

The American Garden has a large collection of Eucryphias as does the Home Wood. By Middle Pond the Euryphia and Ligustrum trees are in flower. The Magnolia grandiflora with huge white scented flowers by Lower Pond to Camellia Walk should not be missed.

Look out for the spectacular Wiggly tree (Platanus orientalis) with its huge trunk and sprawling branches. Planted c. 1730 around the same time as the enormous Lebanon Cedar (Cedrus libani) in the Home Wood Glade.

John Anderson,
Head Gardener.