Wakehurst Place in summer

Seasons and flowering times can vary by up to three weeks so the periods below are only approximate.

All around the Mansion, there are flowers and shrubs in full bloom. In June, down the Slips and in the Water Gardens, there are spectacular displays of giant Himalayan lilies and blue poppies, followed later by the breathtaking variety of Japanese irises.

July and August see the pastel-shade cottage planting in the Sir Henry Price Garden and summer bedding in the Pleasaunce come into top form. If Mediterranean plants attract, they are below the Balustrade; while the rare plants in the Southern Hemisphere Garden and the shrubs in the Specimen Beds never fail to impress, especially the National Collections of hypericums and skimmias.

Further afield, as well as being a pleasant time to walk through the woodlands on Wakehurst Place, there are wild flowers to be found in Westwood Valley, including the common spotted orchid.