Cambridge University Botanic Garden,Winter Garden, Cambridge, England
Record Id: 3753
The winter garden, designed by Peter Orriss and Norman Villis, opened in 1979.
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Designer: Mr Peter Orriss (Known to have been active 1974 to )
Designer: Mr Norman Villis (Known to have been active 1979 to )
Plantings
Mixed planting of Bergenia, Carex flagillifera and Galanthus elwesii
Daphne bholua 'Jacqueline Postil', Hellebores, Snowdrops and Erica 'Furzey'Prunus rufa underplanted with Hedera 'Glacier'Lonicera x purpusii Cornus alba 'Sibirica', Erica 'Furzey' and Bergenia punctuated by Chamaecyparis 'Winston Churchill' Acer davidii ssp. grosseri encircled by Viburnum foetens, V. bodnantense 'Dawn' and Mahonia japonica Hamamelis mollis 'Pallida' with Bergenias and Heathers Hamamelis x intermedia 'Jelena' surrounded by Erica 'Irish Dusk', Cotoneaster 'Autumn Fire' and Viburnum x juddii Cornus alba 'Sibirica', Salix stolonifera 'Flaviramea', Miscanthus, Euonymus fortunei 'Silver Queen' and Erica 'Ghost Hills''Winter Sun' with Berberis wilsonii to the fore and Chamaecyparis lawsoniana 'Wisselii' behind
'Autumnalis Rosea' with streams of Erica 'Silberschmelze' and Hedera 'Glacier'
Prunus incisa 'February Pink' with shrubs including Berberis wilsonii, Forsythia giraldiana and Cotoneaster horizontalis
Juniperus virginiana 'Burkii' surrounded by Viburnum tinus, Juniperus virginiana 'Grey Owl' and Symphoricarpos doorenbosii 'White Hedge'Prunus davidiana 'Alba' with a mixed planting of red green-stemmed Cornus, Heathers, Bergenias, Hellebores and Snowdrops Pollarded Salix alba 'Chermesina'Viburnum farreri with Elaeagnus pungens 'Maculata'
Planted: 1979
Acer griseum flanked by Berberis and Viburnm tinus 'Variegata' with a mixed planting of Hedera colchica 'Sulphur Heart, Heathers, Bergenias and Rubus phoenicolassius Cornus sanguinea 'Midwinter Fire'Arbutus unedo 'Rubra' underplanted with Hedera 'Glacier'Acer davidii ssp. grosseri underplanted with Cotoneaster salicifolius 'Autumn Fire'Salix irrorata, Bergenias, Heathers and HelleboresBergenia 'Sunningdale'
Rubus thibetanus with Cornus kesselringii and Heathers backed by a stand of three Taxus baccata 'Semperaurea'Betula albo-sinensis with Hamamelis japonica'Zuccariniana'Abeliophyllum distichum, Iris unguicularis, I. foetidissima and Epimedium perralderianum
Sorbus aucuparia 'Beissneri' surrounded by Viburnum tinus,three Chamaecyparis lawsoniana 'Kilmacurragh' Ilex aquifolium 'Silver Queen' and a ribbon of Euonymus fortunei 'Silver Queen''Red Sentinel'
Cornus mas 'Variegata'Betula utilis 'Jermyns' with Rubus niveusLonicera species with Viburnums and underplanted with Iris reticulataGarrya x issaquahensis
Rubus biflorus, R. cockburnianus 'Goldenvale' and R. niveus with Oryzopsis lessoniana and young Chamaecyaparis lawsoniana 'Van Pelts Blue', underplanted with Winter Aconites and Snowdrops
Viburnum bodnantense 'Charles Lamont' flanked by Mahonia Acer capillipes underplanted with Jasminum nudiflorum.
Planted: 1979
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