Bountiful Blossom at Wisley Gardens
Spring blossom and blue skies fills us with joy and anticipation for the year ahead.
It is time to immerse yourselves in the glorious fragrant and delicate tree blossom, and wander through the bulbs, while listening to the spring bird chorus that fills the air.
Getting out to gardens provides us garden designers with plant inspiration as well as studying plant combinations and seasonality. Spring gardens are really important as they do herald new beginnings and fill us with optimism. Providing clients with this, even in a small garden, is crutial.
One garden that does Spring brilliantly is Wisley. There is so much to see. So many areas, styles, and identities. Going at this time of year shows you what a spring garden can look like - on a grand scale yes, but it can provide elements to bring back to the design studio for the smaller garden. Their Magnolias and Cherry blossom display is second to none. Rhododendrons and Camellias are also scattered throughout. Visiting Wisley Gardens is a good day out where you are left wanting more.
Wisley Gardens cover an immense 240 acres. That is a lot of walking, exploring and experiencing. Too much for one day. An RHS membership is a useful thing. You can get yourself and a friend in to Wisley on a standard RHS membership. Well worth it.
I hope you enjoy my photo snippets from my glorious March visit. For more on some of my favourite plants, see my other Blog.
Winter borders - visiting a spring garden allows you enjoy the crossover of the winter garden and the spring garden.
Prunus x subhirtella Pendula Plena Rosea in pink, with the winter border as a backdrop.
Using decorative garden supports creates structure and interest in the winter and early spring.
A typical English spring border at Wisley Gardens.
Almost icy view of the Glasshouse, fronted by Prunus incisa ‘Kojo-no-mai’
Old Camellias and Rhododendron are found throughout the gardens with their twisting gnarly stems.
Stunning Magnolia blossom against the bluest of skies.
One of the wonderful compositions experienced at Wisley this March.
Sentinels leading the eye over the hilltop.
Flowers, stems and evergreen creating interest in the tree canopy.
Magnolia ‘Lu Shan’, the purest of white magnolias I saw in the garden shining in the sun.
Cherry blossom punctuating the view this spring, with the anticipation of how glorious this will look festooned in roses later this summer.
Stunning example of nature’s skyline of Pinus sylvestris.