Houghton Hall & Gardens

Amazingly beautiful pictures and gardens, would love to go there. Thank you for sharing Shirley_tulip :)))

I agree. Really nice blog Shirley. Thank you.

Wow!! What a fabulous garden...thanks for sharing your visit Shirley :)
We have a Cholmondley Castle (and gardens) up here in Cheshire...I wonder if there's a connection with the family at Houghton Hall....?

Lovely gardens and lovely photos! I think the lily you require identification for is referred to as Turk's Cap but I don't know the proper name.

This is a great blog Shirleyt. We went there 25 odd years ago but I dont remember the gardens being as good as this. We have just booked a week in Sept and staying near Kings Lynn so will have to go again, these pictures a real encouragement!

All looks amazing Shirley Tulip - we are going to Cromer in September and will pay this a visit , will be a nice treat :))))))

Lovely blog, lovely pictures enjoyed my visit thank you.

LOVELY.Too far for me to visit in a day's trip.

Thanks so much for reading this bog Michaella, Cinders, Oliveoil & Coshad ... : o ))) .......

Puddleduck, I'll do some research to see if there is a family connection .......

Thanks for Turk's Cap ID, Nariz. Such pretty flowers ...

Tet, it's about twenty years since the renovations began so you'll certainly spot the difference when you visit in September, enjoy the gardens! .......

Paul, I expect the planting will look different in September so take lots of pics please! .......

What a lovely place to visit! Thanks for all the beautiful views and pictures of the different areas in the gardens. I think we went there many years ago when we stayed in Norfolk, but I can't remember much about it.

By the way, I don't think that plant is Plumbago - it looks like Campanula 'Prichard's Variety' to me - cos I've got one growing in my garden! lol.

I bow to your plant knowledge, Spritz! Off to amend the heading now .......

No bowing allowed - curtseying maybe! LOL.

I just had a thought - I have a Clem called 'Mrs Cholmondely' - well, I did before she wilted...could she be related to the family at the house?

What an absolutely lovely blog, Shirley, thank you for taking so much trouble! Loved the campanula and the pretty Turk's cap (which I've just Googled, and apparently it's Lilium martagon . . . there you go. :))

Thanks for the tour Shirley - what a wonderful garden.
I think the ID you're after is Martagon (also known as Turk's cap) lily.

Very interesting - a lovely place to visit :o) I loved that lavender in the border. It's got a fantastic smell hasn't it ....
Did they have cacti in that greenhouse ? A green house is not a proper greenhouse without some cacti inside it lol :D

Puddleduck ... apparently David Cholmondeley, 7th Marquess of Cholmondeley inherited the estate on the death of his grandmother in 1989. A few months later, his father, Hugh, the 6th Marquess, died and he inherited Cholmondeley Castle in Cheshire and the surrounding 7,500-acre estate where his mother, Lavinia, still lives. .....
Spritz ... all I have found is C. Alice Fisk which Jim Fisk bred in 1964, a cross between 'Lasurstern' and 'Mrs. Cholmondeley' and named for his mother ...
Thanks both Sheila and Muddy for the Martagon ID, it's a new one to me! : o )) .....

Yes there were some Cacti, Hywel, and there were also a crowd of Americans in the GH at the same time! I was very pleased to be able to name an Aeonium for one of them ... she wrote it down on the back of her hand ... aren't some folk strange? lol!!

Thanks for the tour Shirley I'm sure we've been there many years ago, lovely pictures .....

Great blog Shirley & lovely photos..what an interesting place to visit ..too far away for me though, so thank you for letting me have a look around..the waterflame looks good too..:o))

Thanks for the trip out Shirley, I really enjoyed it, Brilliant Blog, and Wonderful photos,

You're all very welcome! I keep on saying it, but there are so many fabulous places to visit around this small island we live on . . . . .

is this far from Littlehampton

LOL, Val, it's in Norfolk! . . . . .

O Yer, so sorry, I am a complete idiot,

Sorry for smiling at your comment ... the rain has stopped and the sun is out ... hooray! : o ))

you can laugh its o.k.! my OH says, "You can't put in, what god left out"that's very true in my case

LOL ... that's a new one to me! : o ))))

well you will have to remember that one,

Looks a lovely place to visit....

Thanks Holly . . . . .

Hi Shirley this is near me :) Im in Kings Lynn & have visited this Hall many times :) Your Pics are Fantastic :D

Oh Jacque, I wish I'd known, we could have met up with you. Go there in late Summer and take some pics for us ... it probably takes on a different look altogether! : o ))

il see what i can do ;) X

: o )))))

Thanks for the info Shirley tulip (sorry for being so late catching up....) My hubby and youngest son had a "Boys Day Out" at the weekend, and went to Cholmondeley (in Cheshire) for the "Pageant of Power" (apparently it was all fast cars and stuff...I stayed at home, lol) Then they stayed on for the evening music concert and fireworks...the Manchester Camerata I believe...I was miffed at missing that :(( The castle was floodlit and 9000 people sang along to "Land of Hope and Glory" and the "1812 Overture" complete with cannon fire! Wished I'd have gone now.... (I'm sulking here, lol)

What a shame you didn't join them in the evening ... 9,000 voices sounds like stirring stuff! I'd be sulking too ... lol! . . . . .

:)) Yes, still sulking here...especially now I've seen my son's video clip...:((
You'd have thought they would have driven home (an hour's drive) to pick me up and take me back there wouldn't you? But oh no...left "home-alone", singing along to my garden, and pretending to be Britannia....lol ;) Life can be so unfair at times....;)

Oh, that conjures up such a funny mental picture for me ... make sure you go to the next event ... : o ))) I'm off here next as the site is just so slow ... for me at least . . . . .

what a lovely blog Shirley thanks for sharing it with us all,what a great day out,this is defo going on my places to visit ! so much to see and take in thanks again :)

Pleased you liked it, Whdebor, and I see you're only a County away! : o )