The Garden Plants
This page notes the species which we have planted [and sometimes just found], having diligently recorded the same as they were planted. In general, we haven't listed 'found' plants which we cannot fully identify. As suitable pictures from the garden become available they will be added. Click on any thumbnail to see a full size picture in a new tab [just close it to return to this page]. Most area titles in the body of the page appear in underlined green because they are links to a page about that area. Where a plant name appears in light brown there is a note associated with it : hover over to read the note.
Plants that have the Royal Horticultural Society Award of Garden Merit carry the AGM logo : 
[by kind permission of the RHS].
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- West Drive Bed
- Crocosmia 'Paul's Best Yellow'
- Pittosporum tenuifolium 'Tom Thumb'
- Magnolia stellata
- There is a lot of unidentified plant material in this bed which was here when we arrived : lots of pink flowered geranium plants, several clumps of agapanthus, a large clump of hemerocallis [day lilies], a yellow leaved fuchsia, a euphorbia, some blue camassia ...
- East Drive Bed
- Agapanthus 'Northern Star'
- Buddleja 'Buzz Velvet Red'
- Geranium 'Rozanne'
- Centaurea montana
- Crocosmia 'Paul's Best Yellow'
- Philadelphus 'Little White Love'
- Other [not fully identified] plants in this bed, inherited from the original bed or other parts of the garden include a a red-stemmed cornus, presumably Cornus alba, an evergreen honeysuckle [Lonicera japonica? or henryi?]; a lot of Muscari armeniacum; some red species tulips; some snake head fritillaries ...
- Wildflower Meadow
- Prunus unknown
- Viburnum plicatum f. tomentosum 'Kilimanjaro'
- Mespilus germanica
- Narcissus triandrus 'Hawera'
- Liquidambar styraciflua 'Gum Ball'
- Crocus Chrysanthus 'Prins Claaus'
- Crocus Chrysanthus 'Romance'
- Crocus Tommasinianus 'Barrs Purple'
- Crocus Tommasinianus 'Ruby Giant'
- There is also an unknown cooking apple tree in the meadow, up near the wilderness, and a stag's horn sumach, presumably Rhus typhina nearer the cherry tree; it has crocuses living under its shadow. The sumach has now been removed but the crocuses live on ...
- Eastern Border
- Camellia x williamsii 'Ruby Wedding'
- Camellia sasanqua 'Polar Ice'
- Liquidambar styraciflua 'Slender Silhouette'
- Cornus contraversa variagata
- Acer japonicum Aureum
- Cornus sanguinea 'Winter Flame'
- Rhododendron 'Red Jack'
- Rhododendron 'Cunningham's White'
- Clematis 'Dorothy Walton'
- Clematis 'Gillian Blades'
- Narcissus cyclamineus 'February Gold'
- Lychnis flos-cuculi 'White Robin'
- Lonicera purpusii 'Winter Beauty'
- Pieris 'Forest Flame'
- Already in the bed were six rhododendrons, all apparently just rootstock and hence probably Rhododendron ponticum, some golden lonicera [presumably Lonicera nitida 'Baggesen's Gold'] and a yellow leaved privet.
- Black Pond East Bed
- Actaea simplex 'Brunette'
- Milium effusum 'Aureum'
- Lysimachia nummularia 'Aurea'
- Clerodendrum bungei
- Leucojum aestivum
- Other [not fully identified] plants in this bed include two tree peony seedlings [from Sue next door across the fence], a box ball [from a lady up the road] and a lot of bronze leaved rogersia, assumed to be Rogersia podophylla.
- Black Pond West Bed
- Lobelia cardinalis 'Queen Victoria'
- Darmera peltata
- Ligularia dentate 'Britt Marie Crawford'
- Camassia Leichtlinii semi-plena
- Gunnera magellanica
- Primula denticulata
- Primula vialii
- Eranthis hyemalis
- Two clumps of existing red stemmed cornus were cut back and retained in the bed whilst in the pond a small amount of Iris pseudacorus, our native yellow flag iris, has been allowed to stay in the pond and a red water lily from Top Pond has been added.
- Cherry Tree Bed
- Tiarella cordifolia 'Spring Symphony'
- Vinca difformis 'Jenny Pym'
- Items of interest already in the bed were various bulbs [narcissi, snowdrops and dog's tooth violets - Erythronium dens-canis] and a field of Cyclamen hederifolium. A variegated grass, found elsewhere in the garden, has been planted in this bed.
- The Jungle
- Rubus cockburniana
- Pinus Pinea 'Silver Crest'
- Narcissus cyclamineus 'Tete a Tete'
- The rest of this bed is currently a mass of shrubs run wild as described on The Jungle page.
- Asparagus Bed
- Asparagus officinalis
- Trachelospermum jasminoides
- Salvia 'Royal Bumble'
- Agastache 'Kudos Gold'
- Asclepias tuberosa
- Centranthus ruber
- There was a single fuchsia in the bed which has been retained, albeit in a different part of the bed, and a pink geranium has been planted from spare material out of the west drive bed.
- Orangery Bed
- Rosa 'Gemma Rose'
- Rosa 'Great Expectations'
- Rosa 'Joie de Vivre'
- Rosa 'Special Anniversary'
- Asclepias incarnata 'Cinderella'
- Asclepias incarnata 'Ice Ballet'
- Asclepias tuberosa
- The only existing plant in this bed is a creeper climbing up the wall of the house, assumed to be Japanese Creeper [Parthenocissus tricuspidata] because it has a leaf similar to a maple leaf.
- Formal Garden East Bed
- Buddleja 'Buzz Indigo'
- Helenium 'Moreheim Beauty'
- Echinacea purpurea 'White Swan'
- Azalea 'Anneke'
- Azalea 'Fireball'
- Helenium 'Rubinzwerg'
- Helenium 'Waldtraut'
- Arbutus unedo
- Erythronium revolutum 'Knightshayes Pink'
- Erythronium 'White Beauty'
- Achillea millefolium 'Terracotta'
- Aconitum carmichaellii 'Arendsii'
- Kalmia latifolia 'Minuet'
- Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Hameln'
- Deschampsia cespitosa 'Goldschleier'
- Narcissus 'Tête à Tête'
- Ophiopogon planiscapus 'Nigrescens'
- Achillea millefolium 'White Beauty'
- Pulmonaria longifolia
- Helenium 'Lemon Sundae'
- In addition to the above, some globe thistle [assumed to be Echinops ritro] and some unidentified hellebores from Chelsfield have been used in the bed.
- Formal Garden South Bed
- Pachysandra terminalis
- Perovskia atriplicifolia 'Blue Spire'
- Acer palmatum 'Ukigumo'
- Anemone x hybrida 'Honorine Jobert'
- Hedera helix 'Glacier'
- Epimedium x versicolor 'Sulphureum'
- Epimedium 'Amber Queen'
- Muscari Aucheri 'White Magic'
- Erica carnea 'Myretoun Ruby'
- Erica carnea 'Springwood White'
- This bed has, as a dark backdrop to the planting, an existing unidentified variegated elaeagnus and an existing Portuguese laurel. Both are overgrown and the elaeagnus is reverting. In addition, a tall black bamboo - assumed to be Phyllostachys nigra which was invading North Garden from the garden up the hill has been moved to here.
- Formal Garden West Bed
- Elaeagnus × ebbingei
- Valeriana officinalis
- Tulbaghia 'Purple Eye'
- Camassia quamash
- Camassia cusickii
- Kniphofia 'Redhot Popsicle'
- Kniphofia 'Orange Vanilla Popsicle'
- Kniphofia 'Lemon Popsicle'
- Phlox subulata 'Emerald Cushion Blue'
- Androsace lanuginosa
- Pyracantha 'Golden Charmer'
- Pyracantha 'Orange Glow'
- Pyracantha 'Red Column'
- Agastache 'Black Adder'
- Cirsium rivulare atropurpureum
- Sorbaria sorbifolia 'Sem'
- Hylotelephium spectabile 'Stardust'
- Verbena rigida
- Nectaroscordum siculum
- Philadelphus 'Little White Love'
- Centranthus ruber 'Albus'
- Salvia 'Royal Bumble'
- The bed also has a lot of red valerian [Centranthus ruber] and an unidentified self-sown hypericum of some sort. The valerian was transplanted from elsewhere in the garden after which it self-seeded freely as it is a bit of a thug.
- Inside the Sleeper Wall
- Sedum hispanicum minus
- Sedum ewersii 'Rose Carpet'
- Campanula portensclagiana 'Resholdts Variety'
- Campanula muralis
- Helianthemum 'Ben Fhada'
- Cerastium tomentosum 'Silver'
- Erodium x variable 'Album'
- Erodium x variable 'Bishops Form'
- Nectaroscordum tripedale
- Helianthemum 'Ben Mohr'
- The Rockery
- Veronica prostrata
- Sisyrinchium 'E K Balls'
- Sisyrinchium unknown
- Lithodora 'Grace Ward'
- Achillea 'King Alfred'
- Rhododendron 'Hotshot Variagata'
- Juniperus squamata 'Blue Carpet'
- Scabiosa japonica
- Epimedium youngiamum 'Niveum'
- Phlox subulata 'Scarlet Flame'
- Helianthemum 'Wisley Primrose'
- Corydalis elata 'Blue Summit'
- Liriope muscari 'Monroe White'
- Imperata cylindrica 'Red Baron'
- Asplenium trichomanes
- Santolina rosmarinifolia 'Lemon Fizz'
- Erodium x variable 'Album'
- Erodium x variable 'Bishops Form'
- Campanula Muralis
- Saxifraga arendsii 'Pixie White'
- Picea abies 'Nidiformis'
- Corydalis solida subsp. solida 'George Baker'
- Aquilegia a McKana hybrid
- Iris histrioides 'Lady Beatrix Stanley'
- Iris reticulata 'Harmony'
- Sisyrinchium 'Californian Skies'
- There is nothing in this bed from the original garden as it was rescued from a seriously overgrown hedge, primarily holly.
- Deck Bed
- Vinca minor f.alba 'Gertrude Jekyll'
- Hydrangea anomala subsp petiolaris
- Epimedium grandiflorum 'White Queen'
- Tiarella 'Spring Symphony'
- Heuchera 'Electra'
- Heuchera 'Marmalade'
- Heuchera 'Obsidian'
- Skimmia 'Mystic Marlot'
- Ilex crenata 'Dark Green'
- Anemone nemorosa
- Anemone sylvestris
- Philadelphus 'Little White Love'
- Sesleria autumnalis
- Liriope muscari 'Big Blue'
- Digitalis parviflora
- Geranium x cantabrigiense 'Biokovo'
- Geranium macrorrhizum 'De Bilt'
- Geranium phaeum
- Geranium phaeum 'Album'
- Rubus calycinoides 'Betty Ashburner'
- Pulmonaria 'Blue Ensign'
- Vinca difformis 'Jenny Pym'
- Cyclamen hederifolium 'Album'
- Fatsia japonica 'Spiders Web'
- Omphalodes cappadocica 'Cherry Ingram'
- Also in this bed are a red-leaved acer and a miniature ornamental cherry, both brought down from Chelsfield in the containers they were growing in up there. In addition, there is a clump of colchicums [presumed to be Colchicum autumnale] next to the yellow brick road and a clump of bugle assumed to be Ajuga reptans that was transplanted from elsewhere in the garden.
- Spring East Bed
- Loropetalum chinensis 'Fire Dance'
- Spiraea japonica 'Firelight'
- Acanthus mollis 'Whitewater'
- Camassia leichtlinii caerulea
- Camassia leichtlinii alba
- Cistus x corbariensis
- Phuopsis stylosa
- Rudbeckia fulgida 'Little Goldstar'
- This bed also has some presumably Colchicum autumnale on the other side of the yellow brick road from those in the deck bed with some Narcissus 'Tête à Tête' added to the mix.
- Spring West Bed
- Astilbe 'Cappuccino'
- Astilbe unknown red flowered
- Alchemilla mollis
- Gaura lindheimeri 'Whirling Butterflies'
- Fatsia japonica
- Ceratostigma plumbaginoides
- Astilbe x arendsii 'Fanal'
- Lysimachia ephemerum
- Zantedeschia aethiopica
- Asplenium scolopendrium
- This bed also has some bear's breeches, presumably Acanthus mollis, brought down from Chelsfield and an un-named hosta donated by Sue, our neighbour to the east.
- North Glebe
- Lythrum salicaria 'Blush'
- Lythrum virgatum 'Dropmore'
- Lythrum salicaria 'Robert'
- Astrantia major 'Rubra'
- Astrantia major 'Venice'
- Astrantia major 'Alba'
- Aruncus dioicus
- Primula candelabra
- Primula bulleyana
- Magnolia denudata 'Giubiasco'
- Magnolia denudata 'Sunrise'
- Betula utilis 'Jacquemontii'
- Acer palmatum 'Shaina'
- Digitalis purpurea 'Dalmatian White'
- Catananche caerulea
- Calamagrostis acutiflora 'Karl Foerster'
- Knautia macedonica 'Red Knight'
- Pittosporum tenuifolium 'Garnettii'
- Sanguisorba menziesii
- Centaurea montana 'Alba'
- Rubus cockburnianus 'Golden Vale'
- Rubus thibetanus 'Silver Fern'
- Centaurea montana
- Cotinus coggygria 'Lilla'
- Anemone 'Wild Swan'
- Helenium 'Strawberry Sundae'
- Helenium 'Peach Sundae'
- Berberis thunbergii f. atropurpurea 'Orange Rocket'
- Gunnera magellanica
- Calamagrostis 'Waldenbuch'
- Stipa gigantea
- Nassella tenuissima
- Spiraea japonica 'Goldflame'
- Geum 'Mrs Bradshaw'
- Anchusa azurea 'Loddon Royalist'
- Cotinus coggygria 'Royal Purple'
- Lonicera purpusii 'Winter Beauty'
- Pieris 'Forest Flame'
- Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum'
- Geum chiloense 'Lady Stratheden'
- Sambucus nigra 'Black Lace'
- Geum 'Mai Tai'
- Miscanthus 'Indian Summer'
- Caryopteris × clandonensis 'Summer Sorbet'
- Caryopteris × clandonensis 'Heavenly Blue'
- Bergenia 'Bressingham White'
- Bergenia 'Silberlicht'
- Mahonia x media 'Charity'
- Hippophae rhamnoides 'Leikora'
- Hippophae rhamnoides 'Poolmix'
- Physocarpus opulifolius 'Lady in Red'
- Mahonia aquifolium 'Apollo'
- Oenothera fruticosa 'Fyrverkeri'
- Verbascum 'Arctic Summer'
- Verbascum 'Clemantine'
- Abelia mosanensis
- Stachys byzantina 'Silver Carpet'
- Lysimachia punctata 'Alexander'
- Abelia x grandiflora
- Abelia 'Edward Goucher'
- Baptisa 'Cherries Jubilee'
- Baptisa 'Purple Smoke'
- Nandina domestica 'Obsessed'
- Viburnum tinus 'Eve Price'
- Azelea 'Dwarf White'
- Azelea 'Dwarf Orange'
- Azelea 'Amoena'
- Skimmia × confusa 'Kew Green'
- Skimmia japonica 'Rubella'
- Acer palmatum 'Orange Dream'
- Vinca minor f.alba 'Gertrude Jekyll'
- Sollya heterophylla
- Gaultheria procumbens
- Cornus mas 'Jolico'
- Humulus lupulus
- Ilex aquifolium 'Myrtifolia'
- Ajuga reptans 'Catlin's Giant'
- Mahonia 'Soft Caress'
- Hellebore foetidus
- Hellebore sternii 'Silver Star'
- Centaurea atropurpurea
- Echinops sphaerocephalus 'Arctic Glow'
- Hamamelis intermedia 'Jelena'
- Hamamelis intermedia 'Magic Fire'
- The only plants worth keeping in this area were our native flag iris [Iris pseudacorus] and some marsh marigolds [Caltha palustris]. There are also some plants brought down from Chelsfield including Alchemilla mollis and a yellow mimulus, a reversion from a named variety and assumed to be Mimulus guttatus - quite a thug - and some white, un-named, Japanese anemones donated from a local garden. In 2019 some white irises, pink geraniums, verbena bonariensis, heleniums and asters split from elsewhere in the garden were also planted in this bed.
- School Oak Bed
- Gillenia trifoliata
- Polypodium vulgare
- Polystichum setiferum
- Polystichum aculeatum
- Eranthis hyemalis
- Fritillaria imperialis 'Rubra'
- Fritillaria imperialis 'Lutea'
- Epimedium × perralchicum 'Fröhnleiten'
- Dryopteris erythrosora
- Anemone nemorosa 'Royal Blue'
- Anemone nemorosa
- Colchicum autumnale 'Album'
- No plants were worth keeping in this area except a hazel and, below it, a small clump of Iris foetidissima, the stinking iris. The only retained coloniser has been a clump of common foxgloves.
- South Glebe
- Salix x sepulcralis 'Chrysocoma'
- Acorus gramineus 'Ogon'
- Lysimachia ciliata 'Firecracker'
- Lysimachia punctata 'Alexander'
- Alchemilla mollis
- Persicaria bistorta 'Superba'
- Magnolia denudata 'Sunrise'
- Centaurea montana
- Lavandula angustifolia 'Hidcote'
- Persicaria amplexicaulis 'Fat Domino'
- Persicaria affinis 'Darjeeling Red'
- Corydalis elata 'Blue Summit'
- Allium ursinum
- Lysimachia clethroides
- This bed was carved out of pure weeds so nothing was retained. Other than those listed above, other plants include a clump of double flowered Kerria japonica so probably the cultivar 'Pleniflora', a clump of yellow deadnettle aka yellow archangel [Lamium galeobdolon], a clump of bugle assumed to be Ajuga reptans, a clump of three-cornered leek assumed to be Allium triquetrum and several red and green stemmed cornus. All have been transplanted from elsewhere in the property.
- The Triangle
- Persicaria microcephala 'Red Dragon'
- Any other plants in this bed [2019] are colonisers : a few foxgloves, the common teasel [Dipsacus fullonum without the hooks and despite what the Latin looks like, not the hooked fuller's teasel which is D. sativus] and purple toadflax, Linaria purpurea.
- River Pond South
- Miscanthus giganteus
- This bed was also carved out of pure weeds so nothing was retained. A path bisects the area so there are effectively two beds, the one on the bank of River Pond opposite the Deck Bed and the other close to Terra Icognito, once the site of the clearance bonfires during the early years.
- Kitchen Garden
- Sarcococca hookeriana humilis
- Laurus nobilis
- Zanthoxylum schinifolium
- Aconitum henryi 'Spark’s Variety'
- Aconitum napellus
- Lavandula angustifolia 'Hidcote'
- Aloysia citrodora
- Akebia quinata
- The only plant remaining from the original garden is a large double flowered Kerria japonica so probably the cultivar 'Pleniflora'. There are also a clump of white flowered bearded iris and a variegated euonymus, both transplanted from elsewhere on the property. The latter may be E. fortunei 'Emerald Gaiety'.
- Top Pond
- Acer palmatum 'Garnet'
- Acer palmatum 'Katsura'
- Fargesia muriellae 'Luca'
- Astilbe 'Cappuccino'
- Astilbe unknown red flowered
- Sagittaria Graminea
- Typha Minima
- Iris Laevigata
- Nerine bowdenii
- In the depths of the pond are some red flowered water lily plants, all cuttings from the original plant found in the pond. Also still in situ on the edge of the pond is a low growing pinkish flowered astilbe, possibly Astilbe chinensis 'Pumila'.
- Herb Bed
- Rosmarinus officinalis 'Prostratus Group'
- Persicaria odorata
- Foeniculum vulgare 'Purpureum'
- Artemisia dracunculus
- Rumex acetosa
- Hyssopus Officinalis
- Satureja montana
- Allium tuberosum
- Allium schoenoprasum
- Origanum vulgare
- Origanum majorana 'Golden'
- Salvia officinalis 'Purpurascens'
- There are also two, somewhat ornamental thyme plants in this bed plus various Primulaceae [primroses, cowslips, crosses between the two and primulas] to provide early spring colour and a lot of yellow corydalis [Pseudofumaria lutea].
- North Garden
- Magnolia stellata
- Kniphofia 'Redhot Popsicle'
- Kniphofia 'Orange Vanilla Popsicle'
- Kniphofia 'Lemon Popsicle'
- Symphyotrichum novae-angliae 'September Rubin'
- Iris 'Orange Harvest'
- Iris 'Victoria Falls'
- Iris 'Cantina'
- Iris 'Buckwheat'
- Iris 'Pass the Wine'
- Berberis darwinii
- Echium vulgare
- Verbena bonariensis
- Lavandula angustifolia 'Ellagance Ice'
- Verbascum 'Clemantine'
- Euonymus japonicus 'Kathy'
- In our early days at The Old Rectory this part of the garden was used as temporary storage for plants moved out of other areas and some of those are still in situ : two hazels, a small yew, a viburnum assumed to be V. x bodnantense, a mahonia that could be M. x media 'Charity' and a Leycesteria formosa [Himalayan honeysuckle]. Retained in the bed where found is a reddish flowered honeysuckle.
