RHS Hyde Hall & Batsford Arboretum

 In the afternoon on the 24th we drove across England to Essex.  We are headed to the RHS Hyde Hall Garden near Chelmsford.  Our last visit here was in 2016 and I recall a few areas I liked.  The Australian and New Zealand garden, the Mediterranean garden, thw colored borders, the cottage garden and the modern country garden. 

The Mediterranean Garden

Red Border with the White Border just beyond the yew bookend

Yellow Orange Border

It is already clear that Agapanthus will be one of the flowers of this trip.  I have already seen at least a couple dozen varieties in full bloom.  One of my favorites, here’s Agapanthus’Poppin Purple’

Agapanthus ‘Poppin Purple’

Other  varieties include:

a. Northern Star’
A. ‘Silver Baby’
A. ‘Blue Bird’
A. ‘Balmoral’
A. ‘Windlebrooke’
pond job i don’t want

little bitch tit
fields of lavendar
new garden and the tree just getting big. 
azara m. small tree. 
Allium candense

Salvia ‘Mystic Spires Sky Blue’

Dry Garden
A and NZ garden
cottage and modern country garden
plants and style trends. 
Mauve Rose
yellow echinacea in modern country. 


Batsford Arboretum July 24
Started our day from Chelthenham
Stopped at Batsford arboretum 

Hermit’s Cave

suckering lime

variety azara micro

Little too pedestrian, with roped off pathways, unnecessary signage and dated follies. 
But being an arboretum it did have some beautiful specimen trees including 
Sequoias
thuja plicata 
bark of pseudotsuga menziesui
pinus strobus

 Would I return to this garden, probably not.