Great Dixter – again

Well when you have one of the world’s great gardens nearby, it’s pretty irresistible. The team at Great Dixter were holding a press day, and although I know the garden very well, there are always things to learn, techniques to observe , new plants to see  and the ever-changing plantings to admire.  I will do later posts about some of the things I learnt and plants that caught my eye.

Fergus explaining how the ever-changing pot displays around the front door are put together

The current Courtyard pot display

Dixter Dachsunds are an integral part of the team

The Turkish Tulip Poppy – Papaver glaucum, long-flowering and named because of the (upside-down) tulip-shaped buds.

The Turkish Tulip Poppy -close up. Available from Chiltern Seeds.

Available from Chiltern Seeds.