Aberdeen Gardening - Help For The Amateur Gardener

Roses,although a firm favourite with many of us, for a while seemed to be losing favour. Perhaps it has been the popularity of summer bedding plants in our borders, or maybe the interest of what is seen as the modern garden.

Whatever the reason I am pleased to see that roses are once again where they [...]

Spent the afternoon visiting several garden centres in search of plants for the woodland area in the garden which I was telling you about. Managed to get a good few, some of the more special ones that I am after will come from the more specialist nurseries.
Anyway the plants we did get, a couple of [...]

Choosing woodland plants can be great fun, but sometimes frustrating when the plant you are seeking is not to be found in your local garden centres. For example Epimediums a fascinating genus of plants from the Berberidaceae family.

Epimedium Grandiflorum this species is deciduous and the new growth rises in early spring shortly after which, the [...]

We have spent the whole day in the woodland area of our back garden. The sloping part goes upwards at about sixty degrees and is planted up fully with mainly deciduous trees and shrubs, the flat area at the front had become completely overgrown with shrubs, some of which were thirty years old.
Nothing else for [...]

A perennial summer flowering plant for the front of the border. Not always an easy decision. The tendancy is usually to settle for annual plants. Another option is to consider hardy geraniums, there are a number of low growing varieties to choose from.

One of the better ones, if not the very best, is (Max Frei), [...]

The Perennial plant Crambie Maritima which we planted in the spring is looking very striking in the border in the back garden. This is a new plant for us and I suspect it may outgrow its current position in future seasons, but in the meantime it is a very welcome plant. Also known as Sea-kale [...]

Lost touch with you for a few days. Our daughter Audra, Son in law Martin, and grandson Curtis are here for one week on holiday.
With them living in London, we do not see them as often as we would like, so it is really good to catch up with all the news. Our two year [...]

In spite of the very cold spring, did you notice how well the cherry trees flowered, albeit a little later than usual. Also at the moment, I notice that the Rowan Trees are laden with flowers, which means there will also be more berries. Still on the subject of flowering trees, I have to say [...]