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Waterperry Garden, Oxford

Waterperry, near Oxford, once housed a famous gardening school for 'ladies' run by the formidable Beatrix Havergal, and is still renowned for its horticulture spread across eight acres of glorious gardens. In autumn its collection of asters is flowering in full force, lined up in well ordered stock beds, and happily mixing with other late flowerers like golden rod and rudbeckias in the Classical herbaceous border. The knot garden is a colourful combination of clipped shrubs including box and berberis, infilled with purple sage, and bedding salvias. This autumn morning was perfect, with atmospheric mist which festooned spiders' webs with sparkling droplets.

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Lines of asters in stock beds with fruit trees behind and the misty landscape beyond. Waterperry Gardens, Wheatley, Oxfordshi...
The Classical Herbaceous Border full of asters, tall Solidago 'Golden Wings', rudbeckias and phlox. Waterperry Gardens, Wheat...
The Classical Herbaceous Border full of asters, tall Solidago 'Golden Wings', rudbeckias and phlox. Waterperry Gardens, Wheat...
The Classical Herbaceous Border full of asters, tall Solidago 'Golden Wings', rudbeckias and phlox. Waterperry Gardens, Wheat...
Aster novi-belgii 'Chatterbox'. Waterperry Gardens, Wheatley, Oxfordshire, UK
The Classical Herbaceous Border full of asters, tall Solidago 'Golden Wings', rudbeckias and phlox. Waterperry Gardens, Wheat...
The Classical Herbaceous Border full of asters, tall Solidago 'Golden Wings', rudbeckias and phlox. Waterperry Gardens, Wheat...
Border includes Stipa gigantea, euphorbia, kniphofias and other herbaceous plants below pine and sorbus trees. Waterperry Gar...
The Formal Garden, with knot garden made of box and berberis, with a statue of a girl holding the lamp of wisdom by Nathan Da...
Clipped box cones rise from a frame of golden box in the Formal Garden, with vine draped pergola beyond. Waterperry Gardens, ...
The Formal Garden, with knot garden made of box and berberis, with a statue of a girl holding the lamp of wisdom by Nathan Da...
Aster novi-belgii 'Waterperry'. Waterperry Gardens, Wheatley, Oxfordshire, UK
Clipped box cones rise from a frame of golden box in the Formal Garden. Waterperry Gardens, Wheatley, Oxfordshire, UK
The knot garden in the Formal Garden is made of box and berberis, infilled with purple sage and blue flowering bedding salvia...
Aster amellus 'King George', AGM. Waterperry Gardens, Wheatley, Oxfordshire, UK
The Formal Garden, with knot garden made of box and berberis, contains a statue of a girl holding the lamp of wisdom by Natha...
The Classical Herbaceous Border full of asters, tall Solidago 'Golden Wings', rudbeckias and phlox. Waterperry Gardens, Wheat...
The Formal Garden, with knot garden made of box and berberis, contains a statue of a girl holding the lamp of wisdom by Natha...
The Formal Garden, with knot garden made of box and berberis, with a statue of a girl holding the lamp of wisdom by Nathan Da...
Aster novi-belgii 'Winston S. Churchill'. Waterperry Gardens, Oxfordshire, UK
The Formal Garden, with knot garden made of box and berberis, contains a statue of a girl holding the lamp of wisdom by Natha...
The Formal Garden, with knot garden made of box and berberis, contains a statue of a girl holding the lamp of wisdom by Natha...
Lines of asters and other herbaceous plants in the stock beds on a misty autumn morning. Waterperry Gardens, Wheatley, Oxford...
Aster novi-belgii 'Jenny'. Waterperry Gardens, Wheatley, Oxfordshire, UK
Lines of asters and other herbaceous plants in the stock beds on a misty autumn morning. Waterperry Gardens, Wheatley, Oxford...
Lines of asters and other herbaceous plants in the stock beds on a misty autumn morning. Waterperry Gardens, Wheatley, Oxford...
Panicum seedheads hold onto water droplets in the misty autumn morning. Waterperry Gardens, Wheatley, Oxfordshire, UK
The Classical Herbaceous Border including tall Solidago 'Golden Wings' at the back and a mass of asters and rudbeckias in fro...
The Classical Herbaceous Border including tall Solidago 'Golden Wings' at the back and a mass of asters and rudbeckias in fro...
Rudbeckia fulgida var. deamii in a mixed border with tall red orache, Atriplex  hortensis var. rubra, and large yew cubes bey...
'Miranda' by Tanya Russel at the head of the water lily canal. Waterperry Gardens, Wheatley, Oxfordshire, UK
'Miranda' by Tanya Russel at the head of the water lily canal. Waterperry Gardens, Wheatley, Oxfordshire, UK
Rudbeckia fulgida var. deamii at the corner of a bed with lines of fruit trees stretching into the landscape beyond. Waterper...
Aster novi-belgii 'Lady in Blue'. Waterperry Gardens, Wheatley, Oxfordshire, UK
Lines of asters in the stock beds on a misty autumn morning. Waterperry Gardens, Wheatley, Oxfordshire, UK
Aster pyrenaeus 'Lutetia'. Waterperry Gardens, Wheatley, Oxfordshire, UK
Tools waiting for use in the stock beds, full of colourful asters, on a misty morning. Waterperry Gardens, Wheatley, Oxfordsh...
Border includes Stipa gigantea, euphorbia, kniphofias and other herbaceous plants below pine and sorbus trees. Waterperry Gar...
Border includes Stipa gigantea, euphorbia, kniphofias and other herbaceous plants below pine and sorbus trees. Waterperry Gar...
Aster novi-belgii 'Patricia Ballard'. Waterperry Gardens, Wheatley, Oxfordshire, UK
Intersection of grassy walks marked with large yew cubes, with countryside beyond. Waterperry Gardens, Wheatley, Oxfordshire, UK
Asters in the stock beds, lined up behind their labels. Waterperry Gardens, Wheatley, Oxfordshire, UK
Stock beds full of asters, rudbeckias and penstemons, with yew hedging behind, on a misty autumn morning. Waterperry Gardens,...
Aster x frikartii 'Monch', AGM. Waterperry Gardens, Wheatley, Oxfordshire, UK
Stock beds full of asters, rudbeckias and penstemons, with yew hedging behind, on a misty autumn morning. Waterperry Gardens,...
Stock beds full of asters, rudbeckias and penstemons, with yew hedging behind, on a misty autumn morning. Waterperry Gardens,...
Asters in the stock beds with yew hedging behind. Waterperry Gardens, Wheatley, Oxfordshire, UK
Lines of sedums and asters in the stock beds with yew hedging behind. Waterperry Gardens, Wheatley, Oxfordshire, UK
Lines of sedums and asters in the stock beds with yew hedging behind. Waterperry Gardens, Wheatley, Oxfordshire, UK
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