I ended my post on the giant hedges in this garden teasing you with magnolias and more flowers, and I won’t disappoint. But in that time I’m sure our own gardens have more than sprung into life, I really don’t know where the time goes, but anyway…
The borders are terraced with each mostly having a beautiful brick wall as their background, this immediately struck me as an ideal place for inspiration for my own garden, and I’ll share more in a separate post on how their use of plants against the wall has inspired me. These borders though are deep, gorgeous but deep and that means a lot of plants and probably in my own garden not an awful lot of room left for the grass!
They were full of fresh green spring lushness - whether that was the new growth, or the zing that the euphorbias bring.
But there were also plenty of magnolias. Their scent filling the air as we got close, such a joy.
I might have also found an euphorbia that MOH could get on board with - these orange flowering more spicy looking plants bring a less usual spring colour to the party, so I’ll be on the lookout for something like these, even though I will still continue to love the zesty lime green versions.
There was also the hint of the peonies to come, right next to the joyfulness of spring that is tulips.
And this spring these Imperial Fritillarias seem to have called my name - I’m seeing them everywhere, and they were even on the front cover of one of the RHS magazines that arrived in the post, and have subsequently become my phone’s wallpaper. So it’s safe to say that at some point I’ll be having my own plants, I just hope they look as good as these - and the ones on my phone!
Ah, more magnolias - such luscious pink flowers this time and such glorious scent.
But the irises and buddleia weren’t to be outdone and they each brought their own shade of purple to the borders.
But in springtime, it really was the magnolias at Powis Castle that stole my heart - it’s easy to see why isn’t it?