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Bodnant Garden, Conwy
Bodnant’s famous Laburnum Arch becomes a magnificent, long, glowing tunnel of golden yellow each early June.
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Much care has gone into this glorious long walk of pleached Laburnum X watereri ‘Vossii’ over the years, with each of the saplings replaced many times since the arch was created.
Ham House, London
Formality triumphant: the photograph shows one of the Cherry Garden’s two hornbeam tunnels, referred to at Ham House as berceaux or vaulted trellises, that were created during the garden’s restoration in 1975.
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The iron strapping which helped with the training of the trees and has since been removed.
Holnicote, Somerset
Traditional cottage gardens on the Holnicote estate are planted for maximum impact in early summer. This wisteria pergola is underplanted with fragrant wallflowers flanking a gravel path.
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Mount Stewart, Co Down
There is more than a hint of Moorish Granada about these painstakingly clipped topiary arches in Mount Stewart’s Spanish Garden.
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Shaped from X Cupressocyparis leylandii, not only are they a monument to artistic inventiveness but they also offer enticing glimpses into other parts of the garden.
Nymans, West Sussex
The Rose Garden at Nymans is a classic example of English garden style at its best. The central metal arches span the gravel path supporting pale pink and white roses.
© NTPL / Stephen Robson
Originally underplanted with a double row of Nepeta ‘Six Hills Giant’, pictured, the over exuberant catmint has now been replaced with an elegant stone edging.
This feature was taken from the 2006 edition of the Gardening with the National Trust magazine. The latest edition of the magazine is available now from National Trust shops.
Words: Sue Corbett
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