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Annabelle

Hydrangea arborescens ‘Annabelle’

Image: Hydrangea arborescens ‘Annabelle’ planted with Kniphofia ‘Tawny King’ We will be discussing new plants much more on our website, but the adage that ‘new is not necessarily better’ is certainly borne out by one of Adrian Bloom’s Best selections, Hydrangea arborescens ‘Annabelle’; discovered in the 1700s, yet only now becoming known and appreciated for the […]

Autumn Woods

Autumn Planting

Image: View of Adrian’s Wood Time was when gardeners did more than 50% of planting in the autumn – but that was before the container-grown revolution which started in, where else, but California in the late 1950s. It’s a long story, but once the garden centres and nurseries began to sell plants in pots and […]

Foggy Bottom Garden

From Foggy Bottom Garden

Why not recreate this stunning combination in your garden for 2017? Three of Adrian Bloom’s favourite plants make a great and striking combination in a new planting which attracted a lot of attention from visitors to the Bressingham Gardens in 2016. Easy to grow, free to flower, very hardy… 1 of each: £22.85 3 of each: £57.85 (15% […]

Papoose

Picea sitchensis ‘Papoose’

Picea stichensis ‘Papoose’ is an attractive, slow-growing dwarf conifer with a beautifully rounded form and blue and green needles which age to a silvery blue on one side and green on the other. Seen here with Spiraea japonica ‘Golden Carpet’, it’s dramatic colouring makes it is an excellent cultivar for a dwarf conifer collection or […]

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The Bressingham Gardens

1 week ago

The Bressingham Gardens

A spring match as one of the first butterflies seen, many of you will recognise it as the Peacock Butterfly Nymphalis io (Nymphalidae) as it briefly lands on the earliest cherry to flower in the gardens. This is 'Prunus incisa' Shidare. Need to know more? Prunus incisa is the Japanese Fuji Cherry and this selection came direct from a Japanese nursery over 40 years ago. It was only later we discovered Shidare is the Japanese word for weeping. Look for Prunus incisa 'Pendula', a lovely plant, but better for the average garden might be Prunus incisa 'Kojo-No-Mai'. ... See MoreSee Less

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Bressingham Bluebell? We are really pleased at how well this bluebell is spreading….primarily by seed. First obtained by Adrian from the Cambridge Botanical Garden several years ago, this is Scilla bithynica, the Serbian Squill, although it is widespread in the Balkans. It flowers a month before our more common bluebell, and dies back by midsummer. We may have some available in pots next spring, alongside our favourite snowdrop, Galanthus S. Arnott.

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The Bressingham Gardens

2 weeks ago

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Out on show in Adrian’ s Wood is Lysichiton americanum, also called western skunk cabbage (native to the US); a plant found in swamps and wet woods, along streams and in other wet areas of the Pacific Northwest, where it is one of the few native species in the arum family. The plant is called skunk cabbage because of the distinctive "skunky" odor that it emits when it blooms. This odor will permeate the area where the plant grows, and can be detected even in old, dried specimens. The distinctive odor attracts its pollinators, scavenging flies and beetles. It is a useful and beautiful plant.
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The Bressingham Gardens

3 weeks ago

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It will be so lovely to welcome people back to the gardens from Saturday 27th March. There is so much peace and serenity to be found walking in nature, and we all need a bit of that right now! If you can't make it to the gardens, then we will do our best to share with you, and show you what delights the garden brings over the coming months.

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3 weeks ago

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Vibrant colours in our Winter Garden. We are ready to welcome you from Saturday 27th March!
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Recent News

Bressingham Hall Draw Winners

The lucky winners of the Bressingham Hall 3-night stay prize draw were Tamar (seated second left in the front row) and her group of Unique Children’s Home staff, pictured with the Bressingham Gardens owner Adrian Bloom (back row second left) on a very warm summer’s day this week. Tamar is the lead psychotherapist at Unique […]

Quercus rubra seedling

Autumn 2017

This American oak (Quercus rubra) seedling (above) was brought back from New England by Adrian some years ago. Collected at Walden Pond, Massachusetts. It is now a 20ft tree and has amazing autumn colour. As we have developed more autumn colour over the years, we will be extending the opening of the gardens until 12th […]

Foggy Bottom in 2016

Foggy Bottom at 50!

What’s in a name? Where did the name Foggy Bottom come from? It’s a bit more of a story than you might think! Adrian tells the story in the early chapters of one of his early books; ‘I first came across the name Foggy Bottom when working on a nursery in the USA in 1959 […]

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Testimonials

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“A truly special and BEAUTIFUL house. A very memorable week. Thank you.” 

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“ A stunning garden, even as summer fades— the garden is still in full bloom! Amazing work”

“ Unexpected beauty at every turn, combined with family fun. A really good day to celebrate our anniversary”

“Extremely beautiful garden, well done, well worth the visit, will come again”

“A belated thank you for the excellent plants safely delivered for our order. In these unusual times it is a joy to read the newsletters and see pictures of the changing seasons in the gardens, which we have had the joy of visiting for over forty years.”

“I just wanted to say I received my mail order delivery today and it had brightened my week. The plants seem in such beautiful condition and I cannot wait to start building up my home garden a little more.”

“Thank you. The order was received in a good time and very pleased with the plants. I’m sure I’ll be back looking at your site again soon. Keep up the good work and stay safe.”

“Just a quick note to say that my plants arrived on Friday in very good order.  I planted them Friday afternoon and they are now settling in nicely.  Thank you so much and for great service in these difficult times.  It is so good to have our gardens to give us hope.  Stay safe all of you and thanks again.”

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