Agatha Christie's Greenway (Devon, England) - The House
I can think of two places that we visited where I enjoyed the house more than the gardens. The first was Greenway, not for the house itself, which was surprisingly small and cramped, but for the history behind it and the fascinating mementos on display. Agatha Christie and her husband Max Mallowan were enthusiastic collectors. You can see their collections on display throughout the house - European and Oriental ceramics, pottery, African tribal masks, Egyptian artifacts, Tunbridge ware, china, trinkets, and books. The Morning Room has a portrait of Agatha Christie as a child and her doll Rosie, sitting in a chair - The Drawing Room was where the family would gather in the evenings. Christie would entertain guests by reading chapters from manuscripts of her latest books. Agatha Christie's bedroom. Max always slept on a smaller portable traveling cot (you can see part of it in the foreground). It was his favorite bed and he carried it with him on all of his archaeological travels. N...
We love it in our garden here in the PNW too, Phillip. Beautiful specimen.
ReplyDeleteI love Phlomis, especially the purple/pink ones...I just can't seem to find a spot big enough for them yet!
ReplyDeleteI have this too and it has done well for me for many years. My only complaint is that it is impossible to find any wholesale nursery growing it. We have one in the display garden at work that always looks good this time of year. People like it, want it, and are then told we can't get it.
ReplyDeletegorgeous phillip! I love yellow flowers.
ReplyDeleteI was gifted a Jerusalem Sage by a friend at the fall swap last year. I was amazed it was evergreen all winter. I have mine planted at the back of the border (luckily). I didn't know I was in for such a treat! Glad you shared this information so timely for me.
ReplyDeleteI cut all the flowers off mine because I don't like its bright yellow flowers with the pastel pink flowers of mountain laurel. I really need to move it this fall.
ReplyDeleteThanks for giving me ANOTHER plant to add to my (growing) list of "I need this plant in my garden."
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely beautiful.
This is one of my favorite plants for Austin gardens too. Very tough, and lovely in leaf and flower.
ReplyDeletePuretexan, I have read that it can be cut back by half. You would want to do this in late winter. I have just lightly pruned mine but if you need to control the size, you would want to do this. You are probably in a much warmer zone than I am, so I am thinking that you could cut yours back even farther and it would be okay. Good luck!
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