Aberdeen Gardening - Help For The Amateur Gardener

Hope you all had a great Christmas, we certainly did, spent a few days with family in London.
We travelled by train as Myra does not enjoy flying, well not by aeroplane. Woke this morning to sub zero temperature, well pleased that I had the car in the garage.
Started off at eight thirty this [...]

 Hard frost is holding in, the garden is now so thick with it, appearance is almost as if we had a moderate snowfall. Mind you a five minute walk from our sleepy hollow and I find the sun has melted the frost.
 Only last week I mentioned how the Violas in the front garden were blooming [...]

 Relatively hard frost has finally set in, probably wont be too long before we see some snow.
In the run up to Christmas, if you have been searching for a living Xmas tree one to seriously consider is Abies Koreana. A small conical Fir  with shiny dark green leaves which are silver underneath.
The main reason for [...]

 Roses Jacques Cartier arrived today, fortunately the weather is still ideal for planting. Previously I had prepared the bed where these three roses  were intended for. Looking for a good display in Summer from this much loved variety. I have praised Jacques Cartier before in previous entries, so will say no more today.
Still looking for [...]

 Looking for another tree with Winter interest. You will not go wrong with Corylus (Hazel) Grown for their late Winter catkins and of course the hazel nuts in Autumn.
The one in our garden Corylus Avellana Contorta (Corkscrew Hazel) or (Harry Lauders Walking Stick) is already starting to show its yellow male catkins. They will continue [...]

 Pampas grass, I can recall a time the mere mention of an ornamental grass and nothing else would be considered . Favourite position would be centre of the lawn, no matter how small your garden patch, or even more ridiculous smack bang in front of the bay window.
Back in the late 70s yours truly joined [...]

 These days we have to consider very seriously the security in our home and even our garden. I have known of people having their bedding plants dug up, must be for selling on, as I am unable to imagine anyone getting pleasure from plants which were stolen from someone’s garden.
 Not so much we can do [...]

Usually by mid October I welcome a break from the garden, if only to recharge the batteries. Ironically by the first week of December I am longing for the return of Spring so that I can get stuck into things again. Myra pointed out that the snowdrops were already peeking through the garden soil.
At [...]