Astrantia

Astrantia Rosea is a charming cottage garden flower beloved by butterflies. The flowers are dense 2-3" diameter domes of tiny pinkish florets, backed by stiff, petal-like bracts, all held above the foliage on wiry stems.

Long, fragrant white trumpets with a black throat rising up to 8 feet in the air. For details check their website at www.bideawee.co.uk Many gardens and individuals throughout the UK endeavor to collect and preserve a group of plants in this way.

There are numerous sculptures around the gardens including Ascending Form by Barbara Hepworth.The main square summer borders inside the gates of the ornamental garden are dominated by delphiniums and bedding roses, and there are standard roses such asunderplanted...