Hadlow

The shoe was on the other foot when I visited Hadlow this week and cursed the students as I couldn't get a parking space.  However the Hellebores were looking good, fresh and new and teamed up with Galanthus.  I was disappointed to see that they have removed all the beds down the drive.  They had Brunnera, Smyrnium, Symphytum and other ground covers here and now just turf.  The Japanese garden is finished and looks good, very balanced and calming, although you cannot enter it so it feels a little 'museum'.  Some lovely Iris' out in the long borders.  Iris reticulata 'Harmony' and 'Katharine Hodgkin' in particular.

 Helleborus x hyrbridus

 Iris reticulata 'Harmony'

 Hellebore and Galanthus

The Japanese Garden