Oooh Wonky they're gorgeous - English country house garden at it's best - those big blowsy borders are simply fabulous - it's a long time since I've been there and there's been a lot of improvement - and this looks to be the perfect time to visit.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Gorgeous pictures! Thanks for sharing! I'm sure you had a wonderful day, she said, green with envy.
I think the pale pinkish and purplish flowers in the first picture may be Campanula Lactiflora.
The orange ones in the second picture are Achillea, but I'm not sure which variety.
The pink ones in picture 3 are lychnis coronaria, and I also see a stachys, or lambs ear growing though them, and a pink lathyrus, probably a perennial one in the top left-hand corner of that picture.
The red flowers in picture 4 are Knautia Macedonica.
In picture 4 more Lychnis, and I can't think of the name of the climber with the white star-like flowers at the moment. Will probably hit myself as soon as someone else mentions the name.
And I think the pink spikes in the final picture are a variety of Veronica.
Thank you Kleipieper the bees were going crazy for the Veronica, I should have got that as I have a type of veronica, however mine is much smaller and a bit floppy!
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Oooh Wonky they're gorgeous - English country house garden at it's best - those big blowsy borders are simply fabulous - it's a long time since I've been there and there's been a lot of improvement - and this looks to be the perfect time to visit.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Love those photos Wonky, my type of garden. Walled and romantic.
A few more pictures from Helmingham Hall, if anyone could identify I would be most grateful, thankyou
If anyone could identify please
thank you
Hi Wonky,
Gorgeous pictures! Thanks for sharing! I'm sure you had a wonderful day, she said, green with envy.
I think the pale pinkish and purplish flowers in the first picture may be Campanula Lactiflora.
The orange ones in the second picture are Achillea, but I'm not sure which variety.
The pink ones in picture 3 are lychnis coronaria, and I also see a stachys, or lambs ear growing though them, and a pink lathyrus, probably a perennial one in the top left-hand corner of that picture.
The red flowers in picture 4 are Knautia Macedonica.
In picture 4 more Lychnis, and I can't think of the name of the climber with the white star-like flowers at the moment. Will probably hit myself as soon as someone else mentions the name.
And I think the pink spikes in the final picture are a variety of Veronica.
Thank you Kleipieper
the bees were going crazy for the Veronica, I should have got that as I have a type of veronica, however mine is much smaller and a bit floppy! 
Loved the Achillia, such a shocking colour!
The wish list grows and grows!
The Achillea could be "Terracotta".
The climber with the white star flowers is Trachelospermum Jasminoides or Star Jasmine.
The last one with purple spikes is Veronicastrum.
I think kleipieper has got the others.
AAAARRRGGGHHHH, I knew I'd be hitting muyself!
Of course it was a trachelospermum! Lovely scent as well. Have been thinking about it all the time, but couldn't come up with a name.
Thanks for putting me out of my misery Lizzie!
We went to Trentham gardens last week.
First we went to see the monkeys at Monkey forest
They have some cute babies at the moment.
Then we walked along the lake to the main gardens, encountering a friend along the way. She seemed to be having a good time.