Aberdeen Gardening - Help For The Amateur Gardener

  Acer Griseum

For ornamental value in the garden the Japanese and Chinese Acer is high on the list of must have plants.
Grown for their attractive foliage of red, gold, variegated forms and many with fantastic autumn colour, it is easy to understand the popularity of this plant.
One superb slow growing Acer which in fact is [...]

 
ERYTHRONIUM PAGODA
Erythroniun (Dog Tooth Violet) genus of around 22 clump forming perennials with long tooth like bulbs.
Flowers in shades of yellow, white, pink and purple, leaves of some are glossy and marbled.
Look out for PAGODA a very hardy and vigorous specimen with sulphur yellow lily like flowers and bronze mottled glossy deep green leaves.

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  Lavatera Barnsley
The deciduous shrub Lavatera is another which is ideally suitable for growing in our Scottish gardens. All the plants which I will list will be known to grow well in the Aberdeen area, which should mean that they will grow well in all parts of Scotland, perhaps some may be borderline in the [...]

 Aquilegia (Columbine) Granny’s Bonnet) 
A perfect early summer flowering perennial for the Scottish garden. Genus of about seventy species from the northern hemisphere. Leaves are often glaucous blue/green, deeply divided and fernlike.
Flowers are distinctive and usually bell shaped, borne singly or in short panicles on leafy stems. Those new to gardening could be forgiven for [...]

 A break from the garden diary has convinced me to change direction on my current entries. Starting from tomorrow it is my intention to start on a plant database including shrubs, perennials, and annuals all of which either grow well in my garden or are known to grow well in the Scottish climate.
This will [...]