PLANTS OF INTEREST

5th August 2019

. We are constantly enhancing the garden through propagation of existing stock or the purchase of new plants and any donations make a difference

Dahlia ‘Golden Sceptre’

Biddulph Grange Garden

A journey around the world

The National Trust is an independent registered charity, number 205846

The Garden

In 1840 James and Maria Bateman moved to what was then a farm and grounds

which were for the most part swampy fields. Bateman was a botanist of considerable

note and he was at one time vice-president of the Royal Horticultural Society.

His great love was orchids and he wrote and published ‘Orchidaceae of Mexico

and Guatemala’ which established him as a botanist of note.

His wife Maria came from a leading Cheshire family, the Egerton-Warburtons,

with a tradition of creative gardening and her brother was the creator of the garden

at Arley Hall. Maria’s interest was in herbaceous plants, particularly fuchsias and lilies.

Together with Edward Cooke who was an architect and maritime painter, the Batemans

created Biddulph Grange Garden and the architectural features of the garden were

probably all the work of Cooke. Each area of the garden has its own microclimate

formed by the use of trees as screens and rockwork to protect plants.

The National Trust acquired the garden in 1988 and it was opened to the public

following restoration on 1st May 1991. Throughout, there are several Coalbrookdale Seats

each with a different design and although they are not original, they are Victorian

and well worth a look.

Arboretum Crataegus persimilis ‘Prunifolia’ Thorn trees lining path near Cheshire Cottage Ginkgo biloba ‘Maidenhair Tree’. Small slim tree on bank Boudoir Garden Alstromeria ‘Sirius’ ‘Peruvian Lily’. Pink flowers, brownish-red freckles Cornus sanguinea ‘Compressa’ Small shrubs down centre of bed Echinacea purpurea ‘Cone Flower’. Large daisy-shaped purple flowers Hydrangea serrata ‘Kiyosumi’ Row of small shrubs by hedge Phlox paniculata ‘Star Fire’ ‘Phlox’. Deep cherry red flowers, darkish leaf Bowling Green Cotinus coggygria ‘Smoke Bush’. Feathery panicles of flower Hydrangea macrophylla ‘Joseph Banks’ Hydrangea in corner facing top of steps Hydrangea macrophylla ‘Otaksa’ In Quoits Ground, dome-shaped heads of blue flowers Hydrangea macrophylla ‘Tricolor’ Pale lacecap flowers, variegated leaves Hydrangea quercifolia Small shrubs under Pine with panicles of white flowers Leycesteria formosa Shrub with drooping panicles of purple bracts Nothofagus antarctica ‘Antarctic Beech’. Front of bed near Pinus montezumae Pinus montezumae ‘Montezuma Pine’. Large pine tree with long needles Pterocarya fraxinifolia ‘Caucasian Wing Nut Tree’ with long catkins (far end) Cherry Orchard Clematis ‘Jackmanii’ Purple clematis growing along stone wall Lathyrus latifolius ‘Perennial Sweet Pea’. Climber with bright pink fls on post Lonicera etrusca ‘Superba’ Yellow flowers on middle post Lonicera periclymenum ‘Graham Thomas’ On first posts nearest Verbena Parterre Lonicera periclymenum On other posts Rosa ‘Sombreuil’ Roses trained along stone wall Corridor Garden Sedum telephium ‘Purple Emperor’, Tricyrtis In the triangles at the front of the bed hirta ‘Taiwan Adbane’, Aster novi-belgii ‘Marie Ballard’, Stipa gigantea At the back of the bed Fuchsia magellanica ‘Lady’s Eardrops’. Slender red flowers, lining path Sedum spectabile ‘Ice Plant’. Pink flowers lining path China Acer palmatum ‘Rubrum’ ‘Red Maple’. Three trees, original plantings Adiantum aleuticum ‘Aleutian Maidenhair Fern’, fine black stems along wall near Joss House Anemone japonica Single pink flowers, near temple and tufa beds Asplenium scolopendrium ‘Hart’s-Tongue Fern’ in Great Wall at top of China Cephalotaxus harringtonia ‘Fastigiata’ Upright shrub to right of steps to Joss House Cephalotaxus fortunei ‘Chinese Plum Yew’ to left of above plant Cryptomeria japonica ‘Japanese Cedar’. Large tree near Temple Cupressus funebris ‘Chinese Weeping Cypress’ near steps to Watchtower Gazania sp Large, orange-red daisy-like flowers in Dragon Parterre Hemerocallis sp ‘Day Lily’ on bank over tufa beds (also in Dahlia Walk) Hydrangea petiolaris Creeping shrub with white fls along wall nr Joss House Inula hookeri Yellow daisy-like flowers with very fine petals Mitraria coccinea Small, creeping shrub with red, trumpet shaped flowers Pseudolarix amabilis ‘Golden Larch’. Planted 1855, believed to be the last survivor of six brought from China by Robert Fortune. Over the bridge, leaning slightly, a young one by its side. Pseudosasa japonica ‘Arrow Bamboo’ on water’s edge near bridge Spirea japonica fortunei Shrubs with clusters of tiny pink florets (near bridge) Dahlia Walk Anemone x japonica ‘Honorine Jobert’ White flowers either side of path at top of the Walk Gentiana asclepiadea ‘Alba’ White Willow Gentian at front of bed Ligularia przewalskii ‘Przewalskii’s Golden Ray’. Tall spires of yellow fls,dark stems Taxus baccata ‘Semperaurea’ Three new common yew plantings at bottom of Walk Eastern Terrace Prunus lusitanica ‘Portuguese Laurel’. Shaped and in stone planters Glen Dicksonia antarctica ‘Soft Tree Fern’. Fern with long ‘trunk’ Gunnera mannicata ‘Chile Rhubarb’. Large, umbrella shaped leaves Osmunda regalis ‘Royal Fern’ at water’s edge with brown spathes Phyllostachys nigra ‘Black Bamboo’. Growing near bridge Italy Bedding Main Beds Non-stop Begonias (orange,yellow), Basil ‘Red Rubin’, Fuchsia ‘Heidi Anne’ in terracotta pots Bedding Top Beds Salvia patens Urns - Fuchsia ‘Put’s Folly’ in pots at top of the steps (trailing,pale pink sepals,purple pink corollas) Juniperus scopulorum ‘Skyrocket’ Slender, erect, evergreen trees Mrs Bateman’s Garden Platycodon grandiflorus ‘Mariesii’ ‘Balloon Flower’. Balloon buds, violet blue bell flowers Tropaeolum speciosum ‘Flame Nasturtium’.Red creeper in hedge, blue berries. Pinetum Abies cephalonica ‘Greek Fir’ on left facing tunnel entrance Abies pindrow ‘Himalyan Fir’. Through tunnel, on the left this tree grows between two Tsuga sieboldii (Japanese Hemlock) Araucaria araucana ‘Monkey Puzzle Tree’. Bateman gave each a name Calocedrus decurrens ‘Incense Cedar’, a columnar tree near bend Cedrus deodara ‘Deodar Cedar’ on mound near Monkey Puzzles Ilex aquifolium ‘Angustimarginata Aurea’ Narrow leaved, variegated holly near Bowling Green Juniperus recurva var coxii Weeping Juniper near Cheshire Cottage Picea smithiana ‘West Himalayan Spruce’, group of three on bend Pinus cembra ‘Arolla Pine’ on mound near bend Pinus nigra ‘Austrian Pine’ with armoured bark near Monkey Puzzles Quercus agrifolia ‘California Live Oak’. Close to Calocedrus Sciadopitys verticillata ‘Japanese Umbrella Pine’. Tree near Quercus Sequoia sempervirens The ‘Coastal Redwood’ near Cheshire Cottage Taxus baccata ‘Aurea Group’ ‘Golden Yew’ near bend Tsuga canadensis ‘Eastern Hemlock’ to left of tunnel to Rhodo Ground Tsuga mertensiana ‘Mountain Hemlock’. Tree at entrance to Bowling Green Rhododendron Ground Aesculus parviflora (on Island) ‘Bottlebrush Buckeye’. Tree with erect white flowers Daboecia cantabrica purpurea and alba ‘St Dabeoc’s Heath’.Urn-shaped flowers, purple or white Fraxinus excelsior ‘Common Ash’ in circular bed by lake Rose Parterre Side Beds:’Comte de Chambourd’,’Delambre’, Varieties of the Portland Rose recommended by David ‘Indigo’, ‘Jacques Cartier’, ‘Rose de Rescht’, Austin for the cool and damp climate here to avoid Rose du Roi’, ‘The Portland Rose’ disease Verbena Parterre Bedding (front rows to middle) Verbena ‘Lavender Star’, Verbena rigida,V. bonariensis Fuchsia microphylla Small shrubs with tiny pink flowers, also in pots nr shop Fuchsia ‘Riccartonii’ Shrub with slightly weeping habit against stone wall Wellingtonia Avenue Sequoiadendron giganteum ‘Wellingtonia’ or ‘Giant Redwood’, reddish-brown bark Woodland Walk Join the Walk at the bottom of Wellingtonia Avenue