Come with us on a tour of the gardens at Maidenhead, an English estate owned by Sarah Pajwani and her family. By incorporating smart landscaping ideas, the garden glows all winter long.
A row of glowing red Cornus sanginea ‘Midwinter Fire’ brings out the best in Euphorbia characias subsp. wulfenii.
Smoldering dogwood stems draw attention to the drama of super-sized pampas grass, flanking a pond.
Pampas grass, which can grow to a statuesque height of 13 feet, steals the show with its snowy plumes.
A tranquil screen of straw-colored Calamagrostis x acutiflora ‘Karl Foerster’ behind an apple tree.
A contrast of giant boxwood balls and low boxwood hedges, for winter vitality.
From the west-facing windows of the house, Karl Foerster grass forms an arc toward a small parterre, as does another curve of giant boxwood balls.
A purple haze of Russian sage (Perovskia), framed by a boxwood parterre.
Like Karl Foerster grass, Russian sage is an indispensable plant in winter, being impressively hardy (to USDA zones 5 to 9).
The delightful old potting shed, complete with wooden lean-to cold frame.
A hedge of holly trims the edge of the garden.
The glossy green of holly brings color to a scene of leafless trees on the garden’s boundary.
The lovely stinking hellebore (Helleborus foetidus) shines out in the gloom.
Acid green stems of Cornus Flaviramea contrast with a burgeoning colony of solid yellow aconite.