Floral aficionados dare not miss aromatic offerings from The Rose Garden, seasonal blooms grown in the wildflower meadow, and a glimpse of the ‘Muscadet’ Oriental lily, known to attract colorful fluttering wings, shown above left. Mulberry bushes, planted here by James I in 1608 to rear silkworms, failed to develop; the garden now hosts forty-five mulberry types and eighty-five species of oak trees. New plantings introduced annually by Head Gardner Mark Lane ensure the renewal of this historic landscape.
Text Kassidy Abernathy
Photography Jane Hope
To learn more about these royal grounds, see “Crown Jewels of the Garden” in the September 2022 issue, available on newsstands and at victoriamag.com.
