Sissinghurst National Trust Podcast

Alan visits Sissinghurst in Kent, previously home to poet and novelist Vita Sackville-West and her husband, diplomat Harold Nicolson. Working from ruins, the couple’s personalities collided and combined to create this dramatic, world-renowned garden. It comes complete with 300 varieties of rose, an area that’s planted to sparkle at twilight, and a castle tower with views to take your breath away.



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PLANT LIST



Sweet chestnut coppice woodland – Castanea sativa



Azalea mollis



The Himalayan blue poppy – Meconopsis betonicifolia



Polyanthus – various



Pleached lime trees - Tilia platyphyllos ‘Rubra’



Fritillaria imperialis



Tulips – various



Narcissus – various



Alba rose – various



Bourbon rose – Mme. Lauriol de Barny, Souvenir de la Malmaison



Centifolia rose – various



Damask rose – various



Gallica rose – Tuscany Superb, Cardinal de Richelieu, Belle de Crécy



Moss rose – Général Kléber



Peony



Iris



Eremurus – various



Phlox paniculata 'David'