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Achamore Gardens

South Drive

The Fulvum Gardens

These gardens comprise of Upper Fulvum and Lower Fulvum. The name is derived from the botanical glossary of fulvid which means yellow-brown, tawny. In this case it alludes to the underside of a rhododendron leaf (indumentum) of which Rhododendron fulvum was planted.

This was a series of compartments that was further compartmentalised during the 1980's and 1990's with plantings of Griselinia littoralis. They had become vastly overgrown spoiling the existing plantings of many unusual and specimen rhododendron. We spent the last month of 2009 cutting these back to ground level and chipping the material. The result is now a rich tapestry of variable foliage and flower textures that make this part of the garden well worth the visit.

Many of the rhododendron planted occured during the late 1950's including a Prunus 'Kursar' which is an early Spring double pink flower.

Other notable rhododendron include:

  • R. brachycarpum
  • R. fulvum
  • R. griffithianum
  • R. asterochnoum
  • R. sutchuense
  • R. argyrophyllum subsp. nangkingense
  • R. campanulatum
  • R. coeloneurum
  • R. auriculatum
  • R. fortunei
  • R. arizelum
  • R. barbatum
  • R. rex
  • R. falconeri
  • R. decorum subsp. diaprepes
  • R. concinnum
  • R. maddenii
  • R. sino-falconeri
  • R. arborea
  • R. rubignosum

Also there are numerous hybrids and also a good collection of Horlick-bred rhododendron.

(Updated by Micky Little May 2011)


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