Doctrine of Signatures, 142 Doronicum, Miss Mason, 120–1 Dracocephalum prattii (cat mint), 158 Dutton, Ralph English Garden, The, 43–4, 148

Eddie, Wallington woodman, his garden, 42, 44, 50, 52, 112 education, art, 26, 28, 196 Elymus repens (couch-grass), 80 embroidery (fancy work), 150, 211 Ernie, formerly joiner at Wallington,

185, 190 Eryngium alpinum, 113, 120–1 Eryngium planum (sea holly), 133 Eryngium variifolium (sea holly), 133 Euonymus, 104, 107

fern, 129, 134 fern, crested lady, see Athyrium Filipendula rubra ‘Venusta’ (meadowsweet), 110 fireplace, 33, 64, 178–185, 191, 192, 204, 210, 213, 219 Fish, Margery, 42, 45, 47–8, 51, 54–5, 76, 108, 113–14, 129, 139, 143, 236 Cottage Garden Flowers, 45, 129 her garden, East Lambrook Manor, 45 Plants for Shade, 50 Fowler, John, 64–5, 198 Frank, Cumbrian stonemason, 155 Frank, Wallington gardener, his garden, 43–8, 52, 214 Fritillaria imperialis, crown imperial, 133

Galtonia candicans, 133 Gardeners’ World, 145 gazebo, 48, 145–9, 152, 156–9, 188, 236 Gentiana acaulis, 25, 112 Geranium phaeum, 113

Geranium pyrenaicum (mountain cranesbill), 113 Geranium sylvaticum (wood cranesbill), 16 germander, 142 Geum (avens), 111 Geum chiloense ‘Quellion’, 111 Geum ‘Herterton Primrose’, 57 grass, couch, see Elymus Great Dixter, 31, 39, 49, 191 gromwell purple, see Lithospermum ground elder, see Aegopodium guelder, see Viburnum gypsies, 13 Gypsophila, 110

Hadrian’s Wall, 89, 178 Hamamelis mollis (witch hazel), 138 harebell, see Campanula Hathaway, Anne, her cottage garden,

32, 40, 135, 181 hazel, contorted, see Corylus hazel, witch, see Hamamelis Hedera ‘Buttercup’, 125 Hedera helix ‘Green Ripple’, 135 Hedera helix ‘Sagittifolia’ (ivy), 107 Hedera ‘minima’ (Hedera h. ‘Spetchley’, 141 hedges, 31, 44, 48, 72, 219 Hellyer, Arthur, 42, 61, 108, 211, 234, 236 The Amateur Gardener, 108 Hemerocallis fulva ‘Kwanso Variegata’, 133 Hemerocallis fulva ‘Kwanso’, 133 Herterton House condition when first seen, 17, 82,

97, 160 flower garden structure, 75, 120 garden planting principles, 74 granary, 17, 18, 72–3, 78, 89, 94, 97, 105, 134–9, 148, 159, 177, 189 herb garden, 72, 145 house and garden as an entity,

8, 146, 205

nursery and stock garden, 15, 74, 157 planting plans, Marjorie’s, 55, 77, 83, 116, 118, 148 situation, 16 unified colour structure, 109–10 walls, 97, 160 Hieracium aurantiacum (orange hawkweed), 111 holly, common, see Ilex holly, sea, see Eryngium honeysuckle, see Lonicera Hugh, National Trust’s Historic Buildings consultant, 77 Huish, Marcus Happy England, 22, 33

Ilex aquifolium (common holly), 101 Ilex aquifolium ‘Golden Queen’, 102 Ilex contorta, 136 Ilex opaca (American holly), 101 Ilex × altaclerensis, 101 Ilex × altaclerensis ‘Golden King’, 104, 125 Ilex × altaclarensis ‘Lawsoniana’, 101, 102, 103 Inula, 111 iris, 50, 68, 114, 129, 136 Iris pumila, 113 Iris sibirica, 50 Iris unguicularis, 136 ivy, see Hedera

‘Jacob’s ladder’, see Polemonium Jekyll, Gertrude, 19, 49, 106, 116, 156, 202, 208, 212, 237 Home and Garden, 201 Old English Household Life, 200–1, 212,

237 Old West Surrey, 200 planting plans, 77 Jimmy, stone-waller, 89, 128, 136 Job Creation Project, 87, 93–4, 99, 217

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