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Alan Power visits Sissinghurst Castle Garden in Kent, previously home to poet and novelist Vita Sackville-West and her husband, politician Harold Nicolson.
Working from ruins, the couple’s personalities collided and combined to create this dramatic, world-renowned garden.
It comes complete with 300 varieties of rose, an area that’s planted to sparkle at twilight, and a castle tower with views to take your breath away.
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For information about visiting Sissinghurst please visit
https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/kent/sissinghurst-castle-garden
Plants Mentioned
Sweet chestnut coppice woodland – Castanea sativa
Azalea mollis
The Himalayan blue poppy – Meconopsis betonicifolia
Polyanthus – various
Pleached lime trees - Tilia platyphyllos ‘Rubra’
Fritillaria imperialis
Tulips – various
Narcissus – various
Alba rose – various
Bourbon rose – Mme. Lauriol de Barny, Souvenir de la Malmaison
Centifolia rose – various
Damask rose – various
Gallica rose – Tuscany Superb, Cardinal de Richelieu, Belle de Crécy
Moss rose – Général Kléber
Peony
Iris
Eremurus – various
Phlox paniculata 'David'
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