\u00a9 \u00c9va N\u00e9meth<\/i> <\/span>\n<\/div>\nThe main border in her Walled Garden<\/a> is a wonderful example of this, packed with asters<\/a>, heleniums, lobelias, echinaceas, thalictrums<\/a>, sanguisorbas,<\/em> roses and a variety of salvias<\/a>, all tripping over each other. \u201cWe spend a good portion of each year trying to undo my mistakes from previous years, moving plants that aren\u2019t in the right place and finding new homes for them.\u201d<\/p>\n
Early on, Antonia had help and advice from garden designer Mary Keen<\/a>. \u201cThe previous owners had a love affair with leylandiis. It was understandable as we have a strong prevailing wind here, so Mary helped me create a shelter belt of oaks<\/a>, beech, chestnut and hawthorns, which would help give the garden shelter.\u201d But having arrived with four young children, the youngest six weeks old, Antonia put her garden dreams on hold, only beginning again around ten years ago.<\/p>\n
Discover more about the garden below.<\/p>\n

In brief<\/strong><\/p>\n
Name<\/strong> Admington Hall. What<\/strong> A garden of rooms\u00a0surrounding a part Jacobean,\u00a0part Georgian country house. Where<\/strong> Warwickshire. Soil<\/strong> Warwickshire clay\u00a0and a high water table. Size<\/strong> Five acres of intensively managed garden in ten acres of grounds. Climate<\/strong> Strong southwesterly prevailing winds, cold in winter, but with some shelter. Hardiness zone<\/strong> USDA 8.<\/p>\n
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$\"""\"$ <\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div> \u00a9 \u00c9va N\u00e9meth<\/i> <\/span>\n<\/div>\nThe Gravel Garden<\/a>\u2019s meandering path forces visitors (and chickens) to slow down and pick their way through islands of airy plantings that include Stipa<\/a> lessingiana, Oenothera lindheimeri<\/em> \u2018Rosy Jane\u2019 and Euphorbia<\/a> palustris<\/em> punctuated by box and laurel shapes.<\/p>\n
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\u00a9 \u00c9va N\u00e9meth<\/i> <\/span>\n<\/div>\nA combination of late-season flowers, including Sanguisorba<\/em><\/a> \u2018Purple Tails\u2019, Aster<\/em><\/a> x frikartii<\/em> \u2018M\u00f6nch\u2019, Eutrochium maculatum<\/em> \u2018Purple Bush\u2019, Dahlia<\/em><\/a> \u2018Totally Tangerine\u2019, Echinacea pallida<\/em> and Salvia<\/em><\/a> \u2018Amistad\u2019, bring a rich mix of colour to the main border in the Walled Garden.<\/p>\n
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\u00a9 \u00c9va N\u00e9meth<\/i> <\/span>\n<\/div>\nThe main door into the Walled Garden used to open on to a fruit cage, which Antonia has now replaced with a vibrant and colourful border containing Aster<\/em> x frikartii<\/em> \u2018M\u00f6nch\u2019 and Salvia<\/em> \u2018Amistad\u2019, which is one of Antonia\u2019s favourite autumn plants<\/a>. \u201cSuch a wonderfully courageous plant. It repeat flowers right up until the hardest of frosts.\u201d<\/p>\n
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\u00a9 \u00c9va N\u00e9meth<\/i> <\/span>\n<\/div>\nAntonia\u2019s pelargonium<\/a> collection is displayed on plant stands through the summer. Antonia also keeps any of the plants she takes out of the borders on plant stands around the Walled Garden. \u201cI am a terrible hoarder, I can\u2019t throw anything away. I\u2019m always sure I\u2019ll find a place for them one day but it inevitably causes irritation with my gallant team who are forever trying to persuade me to edit down.\u201d<\/p>\n
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\u00a9 \u00c9va N\u00e9meth<\/i> <\/span>\n<\/div>\nAgainst the outside of the Walled Garden Antonia has planted a series of pleached Malus<\/em><\/a> \u2018Evereste\u2019 supported by a bold block of Molinia caerulea<\/em> \u2018Heidebraut\u2019, to which she has since added Oenothera lindheimeri<\/em> \u2018Whirling Butterflies\u2019 to pop up randomly through the grasses.<\/p>\n
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Inspired by a similar avenue at Rockcliffe, a beautiful garden in the Cotswolds not far from Admington Hall, this avenue of Cornus alternifolia<\/em> \u2018Argentea\u2019 forms what Antonia likes to call her \u2018sundowner spot\u2019, as the terrace by the house offers a glorious view of the setting sun. This avenue of wedding cake trees leads on to a further avenue of tulip trees, Liriodendron tulipifera,<\/em> and the sun sets down the centre of the entire avenue. The bridge crosses a stream that circles the property.<\/p>\n
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8 key plants at Admington Hall<\/h2>\n
Echinacea<\/em> \u2018Magnus\u2019<\/h3>\n
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A reliable flower that blooms from July to the end of September. Antonia uses it with Knautia macedonica, Pennisetum thunbergii<\/em> \u2018Red Buttons\u2019, brightly coloured cosmos and Eupatorium maculatum<\/em> \u2018Purple Bush\u2019. 75cm x 45cm. RHS H5, USDA 3a-8b\u2020.<\/p>\n
Rosa<\/em> \u2018Pink Perp\u00e9tu\u00e9\u2019<\/h3>\n $\"""\"$ <\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>
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A climbing rose<\/a> that, as its name suggests, goes on and on flowering. Disease-resistant with glossy foliage, its one drawback for Antonia is its lack of scent. 3.6m x 2.4m. RHS H6, USDA 5a-9b.<\/p>\n
Linaria<\/em> \u2018Peachy\u2019<\/h3>\n $\"""\"$ <\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>
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A toadflax that starts pink and ages to a peachy yellow. \u201cIt has a lovely ethereal feel, but real wow factor,\u201d says Antonia. 1m x 40cm. RHS H6.<\/p>\n
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Adds interest from spring to late autumn, starting off in a silvery form with blue, spiky, star-like flowers, turning soft brown while still keeping its architectural shape in winter. 45cm x 30cm. RHS H5, USDA 5a-8b.<\/p>\n
Here\u2019s everything you need to know about eryngium<\/a><\/p>\n
Rosa<\/em> \u2018Sally Holmes\u2019<\/h3>\n $\"""\"$ <\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>
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An easy and disease-resistant, repeat-flowering rose Antonia discovered through her friend Angel Collins. She uses it in a pale, pastelly border alongside bronze fennel, veronicastrums, campanulas, stipas and Anthriscus sylvestris \u2018Ravenswing\u2019. 1.2m x 60cm. AGM*. RHS H6, USDA 5a-9b.<\/p>\n
Aster<\/em> x frikartii<\/em> \u2018M\u00f6nch\u2019<\/h3>\n $\"""\"$ <\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>
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Antonia calls this \u201ca real autumn stalwart\u201d and has used it a lot, finding it easy, colourful and super reliable. \u201cBees and butterflies love it too,\u201d she says. 70cm x 40cm. AGM. RHS H7, USDA 5a-10b.<\/p>\n
Don\u2019t miss our piece on asters, or michaelmas daisies.<\/a><\/p>\n
Cosmos bipinnatus<\/em> \u2018Pink Popsocks\u2019<\/h3>\n $\"""\"$ <\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>
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A delicate, relatively short cosmos with effervescent green foliage that Antonia grows each year from seed. A great filler that carries on flowering into autumn. 60cm x 45cm. RHS H3.<\/p>\n
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Dahlia<\/em> \u2018Labyrinth\u2019<\/h3>\n $\"""\"$ <\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>
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A dahlia<\/a> with a huge flower that looks wonderful picked and used singly in a bud vase, while holding its own in a border. \u201cI love the madness of it,\u201d says Antonia. 90cm x 75cm. RHS H3, USDA 7a-10b.<\/p>\n
USEFUL INFORMATION<\/strong><\/p>\n
Address<\/strong> Admington Hall, Admington, Shipston-on-Stour, Warwickshire CV36 4JN. Tel<\/strong> 01789 450279. Open<\/strong> By appointment for groups of 20 to 99, between May and September. Email<\/strong> adhall@admingtonhall.com<\/a> for details. Admission<\/strong> \u00a37.50.<\/p>\n
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