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This award winning RHS Partner garden is open to visitors from May to September. The garden also features many unique sculptures.

A diverse collection of over 2,000 mainly herbaceous perennials from all over the world.

26/10/2021

The garden is now closed until April 2022.

Our shop is remaining open till mid-December for customers to buy some of our unique and unusual gifts for home and garden, including a new range of jewellery from Mulberry Mongoose made in Zambia from confiscated snare wire.

Also some very local St Ouen crafts : quilts and cushions made by Pauline Syvret; cards and tea towels featuring artwork by John Syvret; ceramics made by Rosemary Blackmore.

Open Saturday, Sunday, Monday and Tuesday from 11am to 4pm.

Free entry, limited parking at the house for those with mobility issues, we suggest parking behind the Parish Hall and walking down, see map below.

More details on how to find us on our website https://www.judithqueree.com/

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24/10/2021

Most of our salvias are still in flower, like this Salvia involucrata.
This herbaceous perennial is native to the Mexican states of Puebla, Tamaulipas, and Veracruz, and grows in shady places such as the edges of forests.
The name ‘involucrata’ refers to the prominent, large and colourful bracts. This one is certainly living up to its name.

19/10/2021

This new clematis has just started blooming, Clematis 'Kokonoe' is a striking clematis with a distinctive flower shape and colour.
Kokonoe is Japanese for nine circles/layers that overlap, a reference to the nine fences that were built around the Palace of the Imperial Court.

18/10/2021

Impatiens flanaganae is an endangered species from South Africa with gorgeous, orchid-shaped blooms which has flowered for the first time.
This is a fascinating tuberous species that makes a huge cluster of red tubers the size of potatoes. Impatiens flanaganae is deciduous, in spring it sends up succulent, reddish stems and large, dark green leaves It is a cool-climate plant that is found only in a tiny section of coastal forest in South Africa, where it is dwindling in numbers.
The species name, flanaganae refers to Mrs Florence Flanagan who discovered it in Port St Johns, Eastern Cape. She was married to Henry George Flanagan, a South African botanist, and often accompanied him on his expeditions.

12/10/2021

As we start our last week open to the public, we are enjoying some late sunshine and the continued growth of certain plants.
This Salvia 'Costa Rican Blue', is more than twelve feet tall growing near and above the Althaea cannabina.
The salvia was apparently found at the Costa Rica Hotel in Panama but there remains some debate within salvia community as to its correct name, still a wonderful plant.
Althaea cannabina is so named because its leaves resemble those of h**p but it is a member of the mallow family. Althaea cannabina grows wild in central and southern Europe, from Portugal, north Africa and east to Turkey.

11/08/2021

The Strobilanthes attenuata growing near the entrance to our garden is twice as tall as it was last year.
Like so many plants, it has benefited from the winter rain and the amount of rain that has fallen this year - the plant gets its name (attenuata) from the shape of the leaves which narrow to a point to allow rain to run off - that has certainly come in handy this year !

22/07/2021

This morning the Tigridia pavonia bloomed for the first time this year. Each bloom lasts just one day.
The species is widespread across much of Mexico as well as Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras so they are probably happy in the current hot weather.

18/07/2021

The flowers in the garden behind the greenhouse have enjoyed the recent warmer weather.
On the left hand side in the photos below are:
Penstemon digitalis 'Alice Hindley'
Lathyrus tuberosus is a small, climbing perennial plant, native to moist temperate parts of Europe and Western Asia.
Roscoea purpurea is a perennial herbaceous plant occurring in the Himalayas, particularly Nepal. Most members of the ginger family are tropical, but species of Roscoea grow in much colder mountainous regions.
On the right side of the path:
The tall plant at the back is Valeriana officinalis, a perennial flowering plant native to Europe and Asia, about 5 ft, it has sweetly scented pink or white flowers that attract many hoverfly species.
In the foreground, Nepeta faassenii x 'Junior Walker' and Stachys 'Summer Crush' both are cultivars of the Lamiaceae family of flowering plants commonly known as the mint or deadnettle or sage family.

06/07/2021

The Adenophora in this small bed in front of the house benefitted from the wet winter, the extra moisture helping them to compete with the rose and clematis which is also planted there.
Adenophora is a genus of flowering plants in the family Campanulaceae, the bellflowers. Most are native to eastern Asia, many are endemic to China and Siberia, with a few in Europe.
We are not sure which Adenophora this is, but it is still very beautiful.

04/07/2021

This fantastic sculpture of foxgloves was made for us last year by the very talented artist blacksmith James Wilkinson Blacksmith - https://www.jameswilkinsonblacksmith.co.uk/ - and it fits is so well near our fence and native wild flowers : the orange flowers are Fox and cubs (Pilosella aurantiaca) and the yellow flowers are a type of Hawkweed.

03/07/2021

Arisaema consanguineum is a tall growing, tuberous perennial bearing just one umbrella-shaped leaf. Below is a purple-brown hooded spathe with green and white stripes.
It is widespread in Asia, extending from Uttar Pradesh to Continental China and further south in Thailand, Hong Kong and Taiwan. In the wild, it grows in a wild variety of habitats.
In the garden it is growing amid the tree ferns.

01/07/2021

Yesterday afternoon I noticed a few bees buzzing around the chimney, then we saw and heard (the video does not convey the sound of a swarm) thousands of bees flying over the bog garden to the chimney. The first ones were probably scouting for a good location before the main swarm arrived. So far they have not caused any problems, and we don't intend to do anything. about them. We won't have to worry about pollinators now, although we already have plenty of bumble bees, solitary bees and hoverflies.

Address

Creux Baillot Cottage
Saint Ouen
JE32FE

Telephone

+441534482191

Website

https://judithqueree.com/

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