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Borders & Rockery

Adding colour throughout the Summer

These are on the south side of the Hall below the terrace and south of the Tea Room in the East Quadrant. They are planted to flower mainly in the summer after Silverwood has quietened down and are meant to be at their best from late June, through July and into August.

They consist mainly of herbaceous perennials with a few shrubs, while the gaps are filled in with annuals such as cosmos and tobacco plants. They are full of geraniums, mallows, lupins, delphiniums, and poppies etc., while below the top terrace the roses are edged with giant catmint. Roses at Howick are often surprisingly temperamental due to our cool summer and we have to be selective; ‘Golden Celebration’, ‘Mary Rose’, ‘Frensham’, ‘Deep Secret’, ‘Winchester Cathedral’, and ‘Perdita’ are all planted below the first terrace, while ‘New Dawn’ is below the yew hedge west of the goldfish pond.

On either side of the main terrace steps are fine old plants of Choisya ternata from Mexico and Carpenteria californica from California, both with white flowers in June and July respectively.

The Clock Border on the south side of the Tea Room and the East Wing was completely replanted in 2005. It was fallowed in 2004 to get rid of bindweed and ground elder, both of which had taken over. The planting scheme includes climbers on the walls, a few flowering shrubs, and a lot of later herbaceous perennials to give a good show from late July onwards, with astilbe, veronicastrum, day lilies, sidalcea, kitaibela, hosta, eryngium, and romneya etc. A variety of annuals of all sizes is used to fill the gaps in the early years until the border matures.

WEATHER TODAY

OPENING TIMES

2019

EARLY SEASON
Early Feb (date tbc) to 31st March
WED - SUN 10.30am - 4pm

MAIN SEASON
Mon 1st April  -  30th September
OPEN DAILY 10.30am - 6pm
(last entry 5pm)

LATE SEASON
1st Oct - 10th Nov (inclusive)
OPEN DAILY 10.30am - 5pm
(last entry 4pm)

Please note that the tearoom is open to garden visitors only.

ADMISSION CHARGES

Adults: £8.80*
Over 60s: £7.70*
Children: FREE

*includes a 10% voluntary Gift Aid donation

Season Tickets:

Single: £32
Double: £55

SORRY, NO DOGS
except Assistance Dogs.

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