The Peacock Garden
A beautiful Topiary Peacock garden, with these magnificent birds crafted out of Box and Yew, (our yew clippings are used to produce Taxoxophen, a powerful medicine in the treatment of cancer).
In 2004 we began to see signs of dieback and watched in dismay as more and more plants were affected. The Royal Horticultural Society confirmed that the cause was a fungus Cylindrocladium buxicola for which there was no cure. All had to be burnt, the ground sterilised, scorched and rested. It is now planted with Buxus Sempervirens which has a bigger leaf and is less prone to infection.
