Mount Congreve – another view
Last Sunday I posted about the fabulous garden at Mount Congreve in Waterford. The photos were largely views of the garden but these can only give a hint of the greatness there because it is so densely planted. So, as promised, here are a few more photos, this time of individual plants. I cannot label all of them because so few plants are named in the garden and I just wouldn’t like to guess what rhodos they are in what is probably the world’s finest collection. So I hope you just enjoy them and are encouraged to add what must be one of the world’s greatest gardens to your bucket list!
Red rhododendron
A mass of Japanese acers
Big-leaf rhododendron
Pink camellia
Magnolia x soulangeana cultivar
Cherry and pieris
magnolia
White Fritillaria meleagris
Another big-leaf rhodo
Rhodo
and another rhodo
Cherry blossom
Under a big magnolia
Path lined with flowers
Pink pieris
New leaves on Acer pseudoplatanus ‘Brilliantissima’
Magnolias and Berberis
Euphorbia ‘Blackbird’
Japanese azalea
What a wonderful Spring garden.
It certainly is. I will be back in a few weeks
Lovely photos. Any idea of the name of the lavender Rodo, 12 th photo down, ‘and another rhodo’? You might be interested to know Curator, Michael White is doing talk next Tues, Foxrock Garden Club.
Thank you for that. Not sure if I can make it but good to know 🙂
I can only guess at what the no 12 rhodo is. I would call it R. augustinii or a hybrid of that if I was pressed but as I say there was no label
Now that’s what I call a spring garden…Thanks for sharing…..