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Knoll Gardens, Wimborne

Garden of renowned plantsman Neil Lucas who has done so much to popularise ornamental grasses and educate gardeners on their use in the garden. Situated near the Dorset town of Wimborne Knoll Gardens is a showcase and laboratory as Neil trials grasses and planting combinations across four acres. In autumn feathery flower heads of cortaderias mix with copper tinted leaves of miscanthus, dark purple phormiums and the colourful foliage and berries of ornamental trees like Euonymus europaeus. A naturalistic country garden with lots of lessons for gardeners everywhere, including those with small and urban gardens.

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Brilliant autumn leaves and berries of Euonymus europaeus. Knoll Gardens, nr Wimborne, Dorset, UK
Imperata cylindrica 'Red Baron'. Knoll Gardens, nr Wimborne, Dorset, UK
Pennisetum orientale 'Karley Rose' flowerhead. Knoll Gardens, nr Wimborne, Dorset, UK
Looping leaves of Miscanthus sinensis 'Ferner Osten'. Knoll Gardens, nr Wimborne, Dorset, UK
Dragon sculplture forms a centrepiece in the Dragon garden surrounded by beds brimming with grasses and perennials. Knoll Gardens, nr Wimborne, Dorset, UK
Dragon sculplture forms a centrepiece in the Dragon garden surrounded by beds brimming with grasses and perennials. Knoll Gardens, nr Wimborne, Dorset, UK
Early mornng sun illuminates grasses including miscanthus and Cortaderia 'Sunningdale Silver', and perennials such as Verbena bonariensis. Knoll Gardens, nr Wimborne, Dorset, UK
Cortaderia 'Sunningdale Silver' framed by red leaved euonymus, eupatorium and phlomis seedheads plus grasses including feathery flowerheads of miscanthus. Knoll Gardens, nr Wimborne, Dorset, UK
Cortaderia 'Sunningdale Silver' framed by red leaved euonymus, yellow tints of the tulip tree Liriodendron tulipifera, spikey monkey puzzle tree Araucaria araucana, grasses including feathery flowerheads of miscanthus and echinacea seedheads. Knoll Gardens, nr Wimborne, Dorset, UK
Feathery plumes of Cortaderia 'Sunningdale Silver' surrounded by Verbena bonariensis, grasses, Liriodendron tulipifera, the tulip tree, and red leaved euonymus. Knoll Gardens, nr Wimborne, Dorset, UK
Cortaderia 'Sunningdale Silver' framed by red leaved euonymus, eupatorium and phlomis seedheads plus grasses including feathery flowerheads of miscanthus. Knoll Gardens, nr Wimborne, Dorset, UK
Cortaderia 'Sunningdale Silver' framed by red leaved euonymus, eupatorium and phlomis seedheads plus grasses including feathery flowerheads of miscanthus. Knoll Gardens, nr Wimborne, Dorset, UK
Dragon sculplture forms a centrepiece in the Dragon garden surrounded by beds brimming with grasses and perennials. Knoll Gardens, nr Wimborne, Dorset, UK
Dragon Garden with beds full of grasses including tall miscanthus, Calamagrostis 'Karl Foerster' and Phormium tenax atropurpurea edged with Pennisetum villosum. Knoll Gardens, nr Wimborne, Dorset, UK
Dragon Garden with beds full of grasses including tall miscanthus, Calamagrostis 'Karl Foerster' and Phormium tenax atropurpurea edged with Pennisetum villosum. Knoll Gardens, nr Wimborne, Dorset, UK
Phormium tenax atropurpurea amongst grasses in the Dragon garden. Knoll Gardens, nr Wimborne, Dorset, UK
Dragon Garden with beds full of grasses including tall miscanthus, Calamagrostis 'Karl Foerster' and Phormium tenax atropurpurea edged with Pennisetum villosum. Central circular pond features dragon sculplture. Knoll Gardens, nr Wimborne, Dorset, UK
Dragon Garden with beds full of grasses including tall miscanthus, Calamagrostis 'Karl Foerster' and Phormium tenax atropurpurea edged with Pennisetum villosum. Central circular pond features dragon sculplture. Knoll Gardens, nr Wimborne, Dorset, UK
Beds in the Dragon garden include many varieties of miscanthus, other grasses and perennials such as here Sedum matrona and sanguisorba. Knoll Gardens, nr Wimborne, Dorset, UK
Dragon Garden with beds full of grasses including tall miscanthus, Calamagrostis 'Karl Foerster' and Phormium tenax atropurpurea edged with Pennisetum villosum. Central circular pond features dragon sculplture. Knoll Gardens, nr Wimborne, Dorset, UK
Dragon Garden with beds full of grasses including tall miscanthus, Calamagrostis 'Karl Foerster' and Phormium tenax atropurpurea edged with Pennisetum villosum. Central circular pond features dragon sculplture. Knoll Gardens, nr Wimborne, Dorset, UK
Dragon Garden with beds full of grasses including tall miscanthus, Calamagrostis 'Karl Foerster' and Phormium tenax atropurpurea edged with Pennisetum villosum. Central circular pond features dragon sculplture. Knoll Gardens, nr Wimborne, Dorset, UK
Dragon Garden with beds full of grasses including tall miscanthus, Calamagrostis 'Karl Foerster' and Phormium tenax atropurpurea edged with Pennisetum villosum. Central circular pond features dragon sculplture. Knoll Gardens, nr Wimborne, Dorset, UK
Dragon Garden with beds full of grasses including tall miscanthus, Calamagrostis 'Karl Foerster' and Phormium tenax atropurpurea edged with Pennisetum villosum. Central circular pond features dragon sculplture. Knoll Gardens, nr Wimborne, Dorset, UK
Dragon Garden with beds full of grasses including tall miscanthus, Calamagrostis 'Karl Foerster' and Phormium tenax atropurpurea edged with Pennisetum villosum. Central circular pond features dragon sculplture. Knoll Gardens, nr Wimborne, Dorset, UK
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