E. H. Wilson (Chinese Wilson) Memorial Garden, Chipping Camden

[shelagh]

We have just had a few days away in the Vale of Evesham and visited some terrific gardens. The E.H. Wilson Memorial Garden is on the edge of Chipping Camden, is open daily and is free.

It holds as you would expect a collection of his introductions. Here are some of them.  It was a very sunny day but the garden has a lot of shady areas.

    Abelia schumannii
    Berberis verruculosa
    Cornus kousa
    Cornus kousa
    Cotoneaster floccosus

[shelagh]

The garden was opened by Roy Lancaster in 1984. The unlabelled picture was one of a few plants that were not labelled.  Unfortunately the Indigofera isn't in focus because of the breeze.

    Deutzia discolor
    Rehmannia elata
    Hydrangea aspera ssp sargentiana
    Ilex pernyi
    Indigofera amblyantha

[shelagh]

We had not seen the Kolkwitzia before and the flowers on the Neillia thibetica were very, very small.

Rosa helenaea is the first of 3 roses.  It was very tall and sparsely flowered.


    Kolkwitzia amabilis
    Neillia thibetica
    Phylladelphus purpurascens
    Rhodo wilsoniae
    Rosa heleneae

[shelagh]

Rosa moyseii was even taller and Rosa setipoda although small was planted against an archway that it was obviously expected to cover.  All in all a good place to see if you are interested in where a lot of our garden plants came from.

    Rosa moyseii
    Rosa setipoda
    Spirea veitchii
    Viburnum henryi

[Maggi Young]

Thank you for this , Shelagh - I confess I did not know of this garden.

Ernest Wilson Memorial Garden website:  http://www.chippingcampden.co.uk/contentok.php?id=400 

For those wanting to read more on "Chinese" Wilson - this pdf is of papers from EHW archived at Harvard University -

Ernest Henry Wilson (1876-1930) papers, 1896-1952: Guide.
Archives of the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard
University, Cambridge, MA 02138      © 2012 President and Fellows of Harvard College:
http://arboretum.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/III_EHW_2012.pdf

[Maggi Young]

The unlabelled picture was one of a few plants that were not labelled.

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DSCF1577.JPG - the unlabelled plant is a Rehmannia I think. Not sure of a species.

[Maggi Young]

DSCF1577.JPG - the unlabelled plant is a Rehmannia I think. Not sure of a species.

Perhaps R. elata - see Luit's post and pix here : http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=2530.msg58646#msg58646

[shelagh]

Thanks Maggi I think you are correct and have altered the name on the posting and on my picture file.

[shelagh]

I see Rosa Moyseii is featured on the front of the Daily Telegraph gardening section today.  It states that it grows to 2m I think you will see from my picture that it gets a lot taller than that more like 4m.