Early Autumn Beauty, Abbotsbury Gardens

Some of the beautiful things to be seen at Abbotsbury Gardens, Dorset, this weekend. Feast your eyes.

Magnolias at Abbotsbury

I guess it’s the transience of spring flowers that makes them so appealing. Blink and they’re gone. So my visit to Abbotsbury Gardens, Dorset (a regular haunt) was specially delightful, filled as it was with bulbs, rhododendrons and camellias. For me, though, it was the magnolias that won the day. Abbotsbury has a fine collection, some of them fairly recently planted, some enormous old trees, and I enjoyed them all. Be sure to get along and see your local magnolias before they’re gone!

Here are some of the Abbotsbury beauties:

Magnolia x soulangeana ‘Sundew’

Magnolia x proctoriana

Magnolia ‘Galaxy’

Magnolia ‘Manchu Fan’

Magnolia dawsoniana

Magnolia ‘Tina Durio’

 

For more information about Abbotsbury Subtropical Garden see their website https://abbotsbury-tourism.co.uk/gardens/

Best of 2018 – Abbotsbury

The stream and bog garden at Abbotsbury, Dorset. This is always in my top ten of great gardens, and I’m looking forward to visiting over the winter to see the fantastic camellia collection.