Abstract

The article devoted to Hever Castle and the rose "Hever Castle" bred by English hybridizer Colin Horner, introduced for the UK by Bill LeGrice Roses in 2011. This rose is named after unique among the castles of Great Britain, Hever Castle, childhood home of Anne Boleyn, the Queen of England from 1533 to 1536 as the second wife of King Henry VIII. On 7 September 1533, she gave birth to the future Queen Elizabeth I. The authors present Hever Castle in Kent and its historic landscape gardens features elements that illustrate significant periods of the art of gardens. The gardens have botanic collections living plants. Since their creation in 1903, the gardens have made a significant and uninterrupted contribution to the study of plant diversity. Described Anne Boleyn's Orchard, Tudor Garden, the Stunning Lake, the Yew Maze and the Water Maze, the Rose Garden, the Blue Garden, Two Sisters Lake, the Faith Garden, the Sunken Garden, the Italian Garden, Annual Tulip Show with some varieties of Charles Darwin Hybrid Tulip, Darwin's Down House in Kent, where the scientist wrote his "On the Origin of the Species". Studied biodiversity of the garden landscape of Hever gardens: birds, fish, plants, types of dahlias, tulips, roses etc. Introduced the annual National Nest Box and Bird Life Week in Great Britain. Presented a new rose border inspired by the work of the famous American poet Emily Dickinson and herbarium of flowers collected by the poetess according to the scientific classification by Linnaeus. Considered her poems. Given biological characteristic of English Rose "Hever Castle" (2011).

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