Aberdeen Gardening - Help For The Amateur Gardener

Profile of plants that grow well in North East Scotland

Archive for January, 2009

Lilium Regale Album

Alistair on Jan 30th 2009

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This Lily is one of the Chinese species, pure white with yellow stamens and  a fabulous heady perfume. It is the earliest white to flower, grows well if planted directly into the border or in containers.
Lilies enjoy a rich humus soil with added grit for drainage. Flowering time in Aberdeen late June / July. I quite [...]

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Hypericum Inodorum Magical Beauty

Alistair on Jan 15th 2009

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Hypericum, a common shrub which seldom gets little more than a second glance.This has all changed with the introduction of Magical Beauty, truly sensational.This evergreen shrub has proven to be fully hardy in our Aberdeen garden. The oblong leaves are a mid/dark green. Small yellow flowers are profuse in mid/late Summer, followed by masses [...]

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