In midsummer the 3 acre limestone native wildflower meadow is a sea of soft colours and this is followed in autumn by vibrant autumn colours in the arboretum, with carpets of Cyclamen hederifolium beneath, followed in turn by Cyclamen coum and Daphne bholua, which flower, whatever the weather until March.  Then come the Cyclamen repandum and Fritillaria meleagris alba, before the Magnolias break into flower.