COLOUR PICTURE CAPTIONS

PLATE SECTION 1

Lady With a Red Hat by William Strang, 1918. (© William Strang (1859–1921). / Art Gallery and Museum, Kelvingrove, Glasgow, Scotland / © Culture and Sport Glasgow (Museums) / The Bridgeman Art Library)

A view from the top of the Tower in June, looking over the Purple Border and out to the farm beyond. (Jonathan Buckley)

A view from the top of the Tower in June, looking over the Purple Border and out to the farm beyond. (Jonathan Buckley)

The yew Rondel and Rose Garden, just coming into flower, seen from the attic room in the south wing. (Stephen Orr)

The yew Rondel and Rose Garden, just coming into flower, seen from the attic room in the south wing. (Stephen Orr)

The Spring Garden in April, still planted much as Harold designed it in the 1930s. (Jonathan Buckley)

The Spring Garden in April, still planted much as Harold designed it in the 1930s. (Jonathan Buckley)

The Sissinghurst Castle Rose – ‘Rose des Maures’. (Jonathan Buckley)

PLATE SECTION 2

Harold’s Yew walk – the backbone of the garden at Sissinghurst, planted soon after they arrived. (Stephen Orr)

Looking through the Rose Garden towards the Yew Walk and the Tower at dawn. (Stephen Orr)

Looking through the Rose Garden towards the Yew Walk and the Tower at dawn. (Stephen Orr)

The Bacchante statue at the top of the Lime Walk, in late May, with the pleached limes in full leaf. (Stephen Orr)

The Bacchante statue at the top of the Lime Walk, in late May, with the pleached limes in full leaf. (Stephen Orr)

The Nuttery, planted around 1900, long before Vita and Harold arrived. Much later, Graham Stewart Thomas worked with head gardeners Pam and Sybille to design the tapestry of spring flowers that carpets the Nuttery floor. (Jonathan Buckley)

The Nuttery, planted around 1900, long before Vita and Harold arrived. Much later, Graham Stewart Thomas worked with head gardeners Pam and Sybille to design the tapestry of spring flowers that carpets the Nuttery floor. (Jonathan Buckley)

A view from the Tower over the White Garden, in mid-June, with Rosa mulliganii in full flower. (Jonathan Buckley)

PLATE SECTION 3

The Rose Garden coming into full flower in early June. (Jonathan Buckley)

The Irish sentinel yews, in the Cottage Garden at dawn, in late May. (Stephen Orr)

The Irish sentinel yews, in the Cottage Garden at dawn, in late May. (Stephen Orr)

The Purple Border in June with many of Vita’s favourites – Rosa moyesii, Geranium psilostemon and Clematis durandii – in flower. (Jonathan Buckley)

The White Garden with Rosa ‘Iceberg’ billowing out of the formal box parterre. (Jonathan Buckley)

The moat wall with corydalis and perennial wallflower, Erysimum ‘Bowles Mauve’, frothing from below to meet the white wisteria Vita planted above it. (Jonathan Buckley)

The moat wall with corydalis and perennial wallflower, Erysimum ‘Bowles Mauve’, frothing from below to meet the white wisteria Vita planted above it. (Jonathan Buckley)

A cobalt blue vase filled with spring blossom and euphorbias on the lapis lazuli table in the Big Room. Arrangement by Sarah Raven. Photograph by Pia Tryde. (Courtesy of Frances Lincoln publishers)