n°18 Toucan fleuri

Montchaton

Poetic heaven on earth

An amusing atmosphere of Steptoe and Son is the feeling you get when you walk round the garden, terraced on several different levels around the house.  Flower power rules - even in the vegetable patch and round a little pool decorated with superb colourful pottery, themselves bursting with annuals.

But Michelle Volpoët is also an assiduous plant collector and there are some rarities to be found amongst the shrubs and perennials.   Patchworks of brightly coloured flowers thrill the eye, both on the southern and northern sides of the house, where the elegant 30M² greenhouse is put to good use.  A wonderful view over the valley and surrounding countryside makes this a memorable visit.

Collections

• masses of perennials
• 50 types of  roses English  (‘Abraham Darby’, ‘Mary Rose’, ‘Geoff Hamilton’ …), but also Old roses (‘Jacques Cartier’, ‘Mme Alfred Carrière’ …) and modern roses  (‘Aloha’, ‘Plaisanterie’ …)
• collectors shrubs…

Outstanding plants

• Fothergilla major
• Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Kinshinden’ with is pale green double flowers
• Viburnum dentatum ‘Burgundy’
• Cornus florida ‘Royal Red’
• Acer truncatum ‘Akikase-nishiki’
• Alnus incana ‘Aurea’…

Surface

• 1 600 m²