The front of the house is imposing; we built generous stone steps to connect the house to the sweeping driveway, which we edged with locally sourced yorkstone setts.The surface of the new drive was finished in a golden-colour pea gravel.
The dark leaved, original mature yews and rhododendrons created the original, large scale framework.Additional planting included
Agapanthus ‘blue giant’ – ‘lily of the Nile’- dramatic balls of blue flowers on slender stems
Geranium ‘wargrave pink’ - an evergreen perennial with a soft pink flower
Hellebores niger – Christmas rose
Hemerocallis –Frans Hals – a dramatic yellow and orange-striped day lily, flowering from mid-summer
Primula beesiana – a rosy-purple primula, almost candelabra shaped clusters of flowers on tall stems
Tiarella cordifolia – foam flower – a rapidly spreading ground cover plant with white foliage
