As promised in my first post about Oakgate Nursery and Garden, we can now look at the second half of the garden. After crossing the lane we noticed that the grass paths were much narrower than on the other side.
To our right this perfectly shaped birch looked so good against the blue sky background. A completely different silhouette was presented by the pendular, fastigiate beech. Many of the trees and shrubs here are evergreen both broadleaf and coniferous.
In the first photo below we have two evergreen shrubs, one broadleaf, one conifer which look similar enough to sit together well. The second photo is a golden conifer, one of the brightest we have come across, but needs sunlight to look at its best, as seen in the third photo.
Flowering shrubs and perennials, can be seen with dried up flowers from last year, especially hydrangeas and also buds getting ready to to burst.
There are a few shrubs that are winter flowering and they are also scented to help attract the few pollinators that appear on milder, brighter days.
Below from left to right – Cornus mas, Viburnum bodnantense ‘Dawn’, Mahonia media ‘Charity’.
I will finish this report of our new monthly post of our visit to Oakgate Nursery and Garden with a handful of interesting photos that didn’t fit into the main text. We will return in February.
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