Summer
The 'Olde English' style herbaceous border is in full colour during the summer mouths. With the Melianthus major at one end and the delicate Japanese Anemones at the other the border is a delight. Old rambling Roses cover the curved garden wall from one end of the border to the other.

Dierama, the Angel's fishing rods, with their arching stems of bell like summer flowers grow happily beside the Italian Loggia and pool which is alive with shoals of goldfish. There is a great collection of Myrtus at Kilmokea. These evergreen shrubs, some of which are 15 feet tall have glossy foliage, fragrant flowers and an attractive peeling cinnamon outer bark.

Roses, the most beautiful and romantic of flowers are grown in traditional formal beds and trained on pergolas, iron arches, garden walls and trees. The species Roses include Old garden roses, Hybrid Teas, Climbing, Rambler and Rugosa Roses. The Iris and Rose quater garden which is situated beside the Georgian Conservatory Tearooms provides a wonderful scent on a summers day

A Daphne Sholua grows happily in the shade of the Ginkgo biloba adjacent to the restored rock garden, which is brimming with rare and tender alpines such as Parahebes, Lithospermum and Helianthemum. In this corner of the garden a stone dovecote has a pretty Jasminum mesnyi climbing up the wall. Its bright yellow flowers enjoy the afternoon sun.

The Drimys 'winter's bark' with its large leaves has fragrant ivory flowers in loose umbels. Around the lake in the woodland garden Giant Gunnera thrive alongside purple and blue lacecap Hydrangea.