National Trust prepares for early blooming spring colour
WESTERHAM'S warm winter could encourage bumper blooms at National Trust properties this spring.
Emmetts Garden, renowned for its spring colour, should have about 19 per cent more flowering plants and bulbs springing up due to the long unseasonably warm weather, an NT spokesman said.
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The south front of Chartwell last year, the home of Sir Winston Churchill between 1922 and 1964.
The property's head gardener Simon Walker said: "The unusually mild winter got our bulbs off to a great start.
"The recent cold weather has brought things back into alignment, and we're now expecting terrific and extended bulb displays in March, in time for Mothering Sunday.
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"We have thousands of narcissi in early spring, and our crocuses and camellias are still flowering, so visitors will be in for a real treat."
Nearby Chartwell, Churchill's former home, is also set for displays of daffodils and early magnolias.
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