  WIMPOLE
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Wimpole Gardens
Pleasure Grounds
 To
the north-east of the house, enclosed by a ha-ha, a nineteenth century
Pleasure Grounds extends as far as the mid eighteenth century Walled
Garden. In spite of the heavy clay soil there are some good specimens of
trees including Sequoiadendron gigantieum Giant Redwood; Betula
Birch; Abies pinsapo Spanish Fir; Quercus ilex Holm Oak
various conifers and a very large Cornus mas Cornelian Cherry
with yellow flowers in early spring, followed in summer by red cherry
like fruits. Also planted in this area and continuing around the
perimeter of the Walled Garden is a National
Collection® of Juglans (Walnuts) species and varieties.
Planted throughout this whole
area are many different kinds of daffodils, early editions being made in
Mrs Bambridge's day, using best-quality bulbs after forcing for the
house.
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Old varieties like 'King Alfred'
(1899), 'Mrs E. H. Krelage' (1912), 'Macy Copeland' and 'Bath's Flame'
(1914), 'John Evelyn' (1920), 'Mrs R. O. Backhouse', 'Fortune',
'Beersheba', 'Cheerfulness' (1923) are included, with many kinds of
later raising varieties such as 'Golden Harvest' and 'Carlton' (1927),
'Rembrandt' and 'Geranium' (1930), 'Mount Hood' and 'Sempre Avanti'
(1938), 'Red Rascal, (1950) and 'Mrs Barclay' (1954). Wild flowers have
also colonised the area: varieties include Primrose, Orchids, Cowslips
and violets.
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