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Two New Plants from Knoll Gardens
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As the world famous Chelsea flower begins its week long celebration of plants and all things gardening, we are delighted to announce the launch of two new plants. One a grass and the other a perennial; Sesleria ‘Summer Skies’ and Stachys ‘White Lightning’. Sesleria ‘Summer Skies’ With its soft blue grey foliage and attractive creamy…
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Moths and Newts in the Garden
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The Knoll Gardens Foundation (Reg Charity 1159390), is dedicated to achieving a better understanding of the balance between Knolls naturalistic ethos and the gardens wildlife. As part of this work the charity undertakes a number of activities within the gardens such as seasonal night time surveys of moths, as well as several torchlight surveys of newts…
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May; a celebration of Spring
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It is not only Chelsea Flower Show that offers a celebration of flower, as this month in the garden has to be a similar annual celebration of spring with myriad different flowers appearing from bulbs, perennials and woody plants alike. Take for example the gardens collection of rhododendrons which seemingly explode into flower at this…
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Spring Flowers
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While the annual cut back of the blowsy summer flowering grasses and perennials was completed during March this month, and especially with the recent cold snap, the main borders in the garden can look rather ‘flat’ for a few weeks while those cut back plants in the borders start their fresh seasonal growth that will…
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Spring Greens
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As the larger plantings of deciduous grasses and perennials such as in the Dragon garden or Decennium borders at Knoll are cut down in readiness for the coming seasons impressive re growth, the value of the smaller group of evergreen grasses (botanically actually grass allies and not true grasses), becomes even more apparent. Evergreen grasses…
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Winters Light
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Sunshine is welcome at any time of the year but especially so during the frequently dull and damp days of January. Whenever we experience a sharp frost the up side is that the clear skies can be a precursor to a clear and sunny, if nippy, morning. When this happens the low sunshine and clear…
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A Fabulous Finale
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As the garden ventures into late October the shadows lengthen and the temperatures drop, but nonetheless the garden and its plants continue to offer an ever changing mix of bright and subtle colourations, of tactile forms and fabulous shapes that can almost overload the senses. So much is happening so fast and virtually every day…
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Knoll Gardens Plant Selections
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A look at some of the new plants that Knoll Gardens have developed and launched for UK gardeners
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A celebration of grasses
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A visual journey through the seasons at Knoll Gardens as part of this year’s rather unique autumnal Chelsea Flower Show
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Mellow Mornings and Soft Light
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With the arrival of September and the almost magical softer autumnal light, the garden comes into its peak season of interest. And it signals the arrival of my favourite time of year. The magnificent group of deciduous grasses offer up their seasonal highs of colour and combined with the many summer flowering perennials and autumn…
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