Curator's Choice
Marks Hall changes throughout the seasons, our Curator highlights his personal favourites
Published: August 2010
The Hydrangea paniculata ‘Pink Diamond’ produces stunning white flowers that appear in summer, and mature to a wonderful light pink shade by autumn and can be seen just beyond the Millennium Walk.
Published: August 2010
Koelreuteria paniculata provides a variety of colour with salmon pink new shoots which fade to green at the start of summer and then panicles of yellow flowers which hang down the branches in August.
Published: July 2010
Callistemon (Bottlebrushes) are magnificent sun-loving evergreens, originating in Australia and Tasmania.
Published: May 2010
Crataegus oxyacantha ‘Crimson Cloud’ is true to its name, each May it is weighed down with huge numbers of red blooms, making the tree hazy with colour and fragrance.
Published: May 2010
The flowers produce both male and female organs and are pollinated by bees, and are noted for attracting wildlife.Common names include Camas, Quamash, Indian hyacinth, and Wild hyacinth and they can be seen at Marks Hall near the Taxodium Swamp.
Published: April 2010
The goblet-shaped, fragrant blooms are pale pink on the outside and white inside, and appear from mid-spring to early summer. Our planting of them, just behind the Honywood Oak is now approaching its climax!!!.
Published: April 2010
Corylopsis pauciflora commonly know as Winter Hazel is of Japanese origin, popular for its early display of bright flowers on bare branches.
Published: April 2010
It is the first and most delicate of the spring Cherry trees, producing a mass of almond scented flowers that attract a host of bees.
Published: March 2010
Is a deciduous shrub that is perhaps best noted for its unique and colourful flowers that bloom from February to March.
Published: March 2010
This Chinese shrub is usually grown against a sheltered wall but as a woodland plant it is equally at home in a sheltered glade. Its waxy pale yellow flowers are not produced until the shrub is a few years old but worth waiting for as it has a slightly spicy, sweet scent.