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Greencombe, Porlock, Somerset

Three and a half acre woodland garden occupying a narrow strip of land along the north Somerset coast near Porlock created by Joan Loraine from 1966. During spring the mossy ground fills with erythroniums, the dog's tooth violets that she loved, their delicate white, yellow, pink and mauve flowers held above rosettes of fleshy leaves, sometimes mottled bronze. Typical acid loving shrubs feature and a walled garden begins to stir below a spreading magnolia.

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Mossy path overhung by camellia starting to drop its petals. Greencombe Garden, Porlock, Somerset, UK
New fern fronds on a mossy bank. Greencombe Garden, Porlock, Somerset, UK
New fern fronds on a mossy bank. Greencombe Garden, Porlock, Somerset, UK
Circular brick built entrance into the kitchen garden at the top of steps leading up from the lawn, with magnolia flowering b...
Circular brick built entrance into the kitchen garden at the top of steps leading up from the lawn, with magnolia flowering b...
White flowered trilliums. Greencombe Garden, Porlock, Somerset, UK
Freshly tilled fields, pasture and salt marsh lead to the sea below the garden. Greencombe Garden, Porlock, Somerset, UK
The garden around the house is shaped by paths and stonework planted with a rich mix of shrubs, trees and perennials includin...
The garden around the house is shaped by paths and stonework planted with a rich mix of shrubs, trees and perennials includin...
The garden around the house is shaped by paths and stonework planted with a rich mix of shrubs, trees and perennials includin...
Circular brick built entrance into the kitchen garden at the top of steps leading up from the lawn, with magnolia flowering b...
Views of the sea and fields are constantly glimpsed through trees and shrubs. Greencombe Garden, Porlock, Somerset, UK
Part of the National Collection of erythroniums displayed along the woodland walk below tall oaks. Greencombe Garden, Porlock...
The garden around the house is a rich mix of shrubs, trees and perennials including many ferns, tall camellias and small pond...
The house at Greencombe sits on a level terrace with slopes above and below. Greencombe Garden, Porlock, Somerset, UK
Steps lead up the terraced slope beside the house through a rich medley of flowering shrubs and herbaceous perennials includi...
View through a pointed arch opening in the kitchen garden wall that leads into the first wood, with azaleas coming into flowe...
Erythronium 'Minnie Ha Ha'. Greencombe, Porlock, Somerset, UK
crosses between Eryrthronium hendersonii and other species occurring in the wild. Greencombe, Porlock, Somerset, UK
Erythronium 'Margaret Mathew'. Greencombe, Porlock, Somerset, UK
Erythronium 'Janice'. Greencombe, Porlock, Somerset, UK
Erythronium citronella. Greencombe, Porlock, Somerset, UK
Erythronium helenae. Greencombe, Porlock, Somerset, UK.
Erythronium californicum 'White Beauty'. Greencombe, Porlock, Somerset, UK.
Banks of azaleas, both evergreen and deciduous, flower from all sides in the woodland garden. Greencombe Garden, Porlock, Som...
Woodland walk below mature oaks, carpeted with emerald moss, framed by  evergreen Kurume azaleas including forms of Rhododend...
Woodland walk below mature oaks, carpeted with emerald moss, framed by young acers and evergreen Kurume azaleas including for...
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