Oxburgh Hall's Victorian garden adapted for climate change

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Box hedging will be replaced and perennials used instead of annuals, says the manor's gardener.

Ms Fischer said this followed a two-year hedging trial at Oxburgh, which tested three alternative species.Image source,But it is not all change - the central medallion will continue to be planted with the traditional red Canna indica lilies and Pelargonium Paul Crampelwill propagate 6,000 new plants and they will start arriving in spring 2024.

The team also plans to replace the parterre's 7,000 annual plants with perennials to provide a year-round display. Ms Fischer said she had chosen plants to reflect "the heraldry colour palette of the Bedingfeld family who have called Oxburgh home for more than 500 years". But its central medallion will planted with the traditional red Canna indica lilies and Pelargonium Paul Crampel, which the hall's records show has been propagated at Oxburgh since Victorian times.

The National Trust said climate change was having "a serious impact" on the estate and its longest period of recorded drought was from summer 2022 to May.

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