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Garden Big is beautiful Sue Whigham rejoices in the splendour of plants with outrageously large leaves It was serendipitous that we discovered that Blenheim was to be closed for two days recently, as we had to put our visit off and decide on a ‘day out’ somewhere else. And so we went to Chartwell near Edenbridge, so much nearer and such a fascinating place to visit. The house, being Sir Winston Churchill and Lady Churchill’s former home, was very interesting, but the bonus was that as we wandered through the rose garden, we came upon a volunteer guide waiting to take a garden tour and we had her to ourselves. The views from the terrace across the lake to the woods are even more fabulous when you realise that virtually all the mature trees you can see have grown up since the 1987 storm when the area lost thousands of trees. From our vantage point they looked as if they had been there for centuries. Then there is the Weald of Kent stretched out before you with hardly a building to be seen. No wonder Sir Winston loved the place so much. To get to the house you walk up past the rock garden and several ponds, one of which is stocked with golden orfe and was a favourite spot for Sir Winston, particularly in his later years. In 1948 Lady Churchill had visited the Chelsea Flower Show and had been taken by a rock display designed by Gavin Jones. Subsequently he and the Churchills became friends and his Chelsea garden was installed at Chartwell without charge. “This is the largest hardy herbaceous plant grown in Britain” There are dramatic plantings of Gunnera manicata in this part of the garden, which the guide described as a ‘marmite’ plant. You either love it or you really don’t. It is certainly a giant with its sturdy, prickly stems and absolutely huge leaves, their undersides covered with lethal looking prickles. Native to Brazil, this plant is the largest hardy herbaceous plant grown in Britain. Grow it by water or any boggy part of your garden but not so deep that their crowns are kept too wet. So, after seeing the gunnera in all its glory, we were on the lookout for other large-leaved plants. We were in luck with a planting on the far side of the golden orfe pond of the Yellow Skunk Cabbage or Lysichiton americanus with its spectacular paddle-shaped leaves and bright yellow arum spathe flowers. We’d missed the flowers by a month. And then there were huge plantings of Osmunda regalis, the Royal Fern, completely happy in their damp conditions and a particularly lively green at this time of year. In Lady Churchill’s rose garden another large-leaved plant caught our eye. Hydrangea aspera subsp. sargentiana. This is one for a shadier site as the enormous, velvety leaves scorch under a hot sun. This plant can have a dramatic growth spurt of up to ten feet if it is happy with you. The flat florets are an electric bluish white. Another species of hydrangea that is worth Above left: Trachystemon orientalis Above right: The Gunnera manicata at Chartwell 145 wealdentimes.co.uk
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