Courtyard creation
Mary relishes the shelter afforded by her courtyard garden and the year-round abundance of choice plants visiblex ‘Mutabilis’ and climbing ‘Lady Boothby’ flower for weeks on end; , lilies and take it in turn to scent the walled space; and so far, an has survived its first wicked winter. For structure, there is , ‘Pulcherrimum Bevis’ (the “best of ferns”) and subsp. ‘Citrina’. Shocking-pink “thrills all winter” and the same intense colour is echoed in March by the almond-scented Japanese apricot, ‘Beni-chidori’. Favourite pot plants are the long-flowering ‘Copthorne’, which flanks the steps, and the glamorous , spreading happily from a handsome urn.
