The colours of our gardens

As the Trust’s many stunning gardens burst into bloom, our gardeners recommend 60 of the most colourful and beautiful plants to enjoy.

Drimys winteri var. andina

Galanthus ‘John Gray’

Garrya x thuretii

Lichens

Athyrium niponicum var. pictum ‘Red Beauty’

Hoya carnosa

Saxifraga oppositifolia

Taxus baccata

Acer palmatum ‘Katsura’

Aeonium ‘Zwartkop’

Erythronium revolutum

Arisaema griffithii

Darmera peltata ‘Nana’

Lathraea clandestina

Malus domestica ‘Golden Pippin’

Close-up of a daffodil, with a mass planting of daffodils behind.

Narcissus Southern Gem

Narcissus cyclamineus

Armeria maritima

Convallaria majalis

A cluster of tall, bright purple orchids grows beside a gravel path. The flower heads are cone-shaped with lots of tiny purple flowers.

Dactylorhiza ‘Tizzy Hornell’

Davidia involucrate

Embothryium coccineum

Rubus chamaemorus

Erodium manescavii

Hyacinthoides non-scripta

A close-up of the blue Himalayan poppy.

Meconopsis ‘Branklyn’

Meconopsis punicea

Molopospermum peloponnesiacum 

Platanthera chlorantha 

Rhododendron barbatum 

Tulipa ‘Queen of the Night’

A close-up of the delicate clusters of pale purple flowers on a branch of wisteria.

Wisteria sinensis

Kalmia procumbens

Linnaea borealis

Purple, cone-shaped lupin flowers in a variety of shades grow in a bed in Pitmedden Garden.

Lupinus ‘Russell hybrids’

Morus nigra (Mulberry)

Paeonia suffruticosa ‘Kamada-fuji’

Pinguicula vulgaris 

Rosa gallica ‘Versicolor’

Stewartia sinensis

Trollius europeaus 

Brugmansia suaveolens

Itea ilicifolia

Ligularia ‘Desdemona’

Lilium monadelphum

Rosa ‘Charles de Mills’

Silphium perfoliatum

Tibouchina urvilleana

Dhalia ‘David Howard’

Parnassia palustris 

Eucryphia x nymansensis ‘Nymansay’

Acer japonicum ‘Aconitifolium’

Gentiana sino-ornata ‘Downfield’

Viburnum x bodnantense ‘Deben’

Sequoiadendron giganteum

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