Trentham Gardens – Part one – Piet Oudolf’s Floral Labyrinth

I visit lots of gardens, and I learn something from each one. Then there are those which I love so much that I don’t want to leave. Piet Oudolf’s abundant drifts of perennials towered around me, the bright, bold colours as valuable as the tiny subdued seedheads. I felt immersed in colour, texture, scent and the busy hum of nature. This is my type of garden.

Wood spurge – Euphorbia amygloides leading into the floral labyrinth

Eupatorium and Inula

Filipendula and Knautia seed heads

Stachys officinalis ‘Hummelo’

Liatris, Echinacea, Persicaria with Thalictrum behind

Monarda – known for its scent ‘bergamot’

The seedheads of Knautia macedonia and Lythrium virgatum

Salvia and Echinacea

Helenium and Echinacea

Echinacea ‘White Swan’, Echinops ‘Veitch’s Blue’ with Lythrum virgatum behind

Phlox paniculata

Eupatorium behind Sedum ‘Purple emporer’

Lythrum virgatum

Phlox, Echinacea and Filipendula

Persicaria and Miscanthus