Marlborough Magazine Marlborough September 2016 Issue | Page 10

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September is officially the beginning of spring and is one
of the loveliest times to be out and about in the garden.
All around us the cherry blossom trees are starting
to bloom and the beautiful, velvety-silver buds of the
early flowering Magnolias are bursting into flower.
BY FIONA ESPLEN
FROM ISLINGTON GARDENS

SPRING TIME
Many of the deciduous plants that have been
dormant over winter in our gardens are starting
to show signs of new life with swelling buds and
vibrant green new leaves starting to unfurl from
their winter sleep. And best of all, the scent of
the spring flowering shrubs such as Winter Sweet
(Chimonanthus praecox), Witch Hazel (Hamamelis),
Viburnum and Boronia are starting to fill the air
with their sweet and seductive perfumes.

EASY CARE BEAUTY
Deciduous Viburnum varieties such as Burkwoodii, Ann Russell
or Carlcephalum are some of the most beautifully scented and
useful shrubs you can have in a garden. Easy to grow, insect and
disease resistant and very low maintenance, they can suit pretty
much any garden. Just picking a couple of stems with their
gorgeous pom-pom like flowers will fill a room with fragrance.
Winter Sweet too makes wonderful cut flower stems. Growing
as a shrubby bush with small fairly inconspicuous creamy-yellow
flowers, their perfume is just divine.