01 Mar Mother’s Day at The Savill Garden
Free entry for all mums into The Savill Garden on Mother’s Day
Treat your mum with a special day at The Savill Garden – 10 March *Car park charges apply
March and April in The Savill Garden
The Savill Garden has historically had an international reputation for its spring plant collections and fine floral displays. There are new pockets of colour and interest appearing across the Garden each and every day at this time of year. Spring Wood is especially vibrant, with many early flowering species of Magnolias, Camellias and Rhododendrons coming into bloom. From March, drifts of Crocuses and dwarf Daffodils enjoy the damp, sunny meadows through The Glades. This glorious display originated from just a small handful of seed, donated more than fifty years ago.
The Savill Garden has historically had an international reputation for its spring plant collections and fine floral displays. There are new pockets of colour and interest appearing across the Garden each and every day at this time of year.
From March, drifts of Crocuses and dwarf Daffodils enjoy the damp, sunny meadows through The Glades. This glorious display originated from just a small handful of seed, donated more than forty years ago.
From early April, the banks of the water course are clothed with splendid yellow and white Lysichiton, commonly known as the ‘skunk cabbage’ due to its unmistakable odour.
Spring Wood is especially vibrant, with large Camellias and Magnolias coming into flower. Rhododendrons take centre stage in late April and early May with a huge array of colourful blooms filling the woodland glades. Enjoy the richly scented large flowers of the Loderi hybrids scattered throughout the Garden.
Whilst the first examples of Magnolia blooms burst in March, several waves of flowering will occur through late spring and certain varieties appear even as late as August. We hold a National Collection of Magnolias across The Royal Landscape.
Tulip ‘Diamond Jubilee’
A new variety released to celebrate Her Majesty the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. Large numbers of this variety were planted at Buckingham Palace and Sandringham.
Narcissus pseudonarcissus
This attractive dwarf Daffodil is a native of Western Europe, commonly known as the Lent Lily. This display has been established by the continued distribution of seed annually.
Rhododendron ‘Electra’
A reliable and prolific flowering hybrid with cascading blue flowers.
Prunus incisa ‘Kojo-no-mai’
A compact and profusely flowering cherry of great ornamental value. Will tolerate a position in full sun and offers a blaze of crimson colour in the autumn.
Pericallis x hybrida
Commonly known as Cineraria, this freely flowering hybrid provides a splash of colour in the early spring. We grow these as an annual display sowing the seed in the autumn.
Narcissus ‘Diamond Jubilee’
Narcissus ‘Diamond Jubilee’ can be seen in the spring seasonal display in The Queen Elizabeth Temperate House. These flowers have also been grown in the gardens at Buckingham Palace and Sandringham.
Magnolia ‘Eric Savill’
Planted in The Savill Garden in 1958 as a seedling of Magnolia sprengeri ‘Diva’. On first flowering it was evidently a hybrid and named ‘Eric Savill’. A Champion Tree that is also part of our National Collection of Magnolias.
Erica carnea ‘Myretoun Ruby’
An AGM plant suitable for sun or part shade. Flowers from late January to April.
Camellia japonica ‘Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’
This variety was raised as a seedling in the USA and named in 1953. A delightful and rarely seen plant.
Acer palmatum ‘Chishio Improved’
An unusual maple whose spring flush of growth is a dramatic crimson colour.