Aberdeen Gardening - Help For The Amateur Gardener

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Most climbing plants require support with trellis or wire,and very often a degree of skill with pruning and training the branches. The self clinging Hydrangea Petiolaris is a climber that is easy to grow and will take care of itself other than maybe cutting back some of the branches that grow outwards,if you feel [...]

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The Hamamelis Mollis (Chinese witch hazel) is a very attractive and dependable winter flowering shrub. Between December and February the spidery sweet scented mid yellow flowers cling to the bare stems, very eye catching and unexpected in these cold wintry days.  This robust shrub seems to thrive in Aberdeen.
Plant near enough a garden path or mixed [...]

Whether you are planting up a new garden or redesigning borders please don’t turn up your nose at the ornamental grasses. So many available which not only look fantastic on there own, but as a host absolutely enhance the appearance of many traditional flowering plants.
A perennial specimen which is a particular favourite of ours is Hakonechloa Macra Aureola. This [...]

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We are always on the look out for hardy evergreen plants that are perhaps that little bit different. The Pittosporum Irene Patterson which caught our eye in Ben Reids garden centre last Summer has been a very welcome new introduction to our border.
My experience with Pittosporum over the past five years or so is that [...]

Hardy Geraniums, not to be mistaken with the tender Pelergoniums which we have all  referred to as Geraniums for decades. The true Geranium a perennial which thrives in the north east climate is a flowering plant which should grace every mixed border. Hundreds of named varieties available in every shade of colour except yellow.
One very [...]