Hakonechloa Macra Aureola
Whether you are planting up a new garden or redesigning borders please don’t turn up your nose at the ornamental grasses.
Continue reading →Alistair
Box Blight
Box Blight, so disappointing, fortunately the Box Topiary is still looking healthy. For the past three years we have spent a lot of time transforming the back garden. Previously the emphasis was on a garden that looked good in Summer.
Continue reading →Viburnum Plicatum Mariesii.
This shrub Viburnum Plicatum Mariesii has to be one of the most outstanding shrubs which you will find for that very special sunny position in your garden.
Continue reading →Hybrid musk rose Felicia
Roses in Aberdeen generally grow well. I have found some of them in the past to be a bit of a hit or a miss. I now think that this was the result of not enough sunshine reaching the borders. … Continue reading →
Abutilon x Suntense
The Abutilon below, I had great difficulty finding which one it is. Finally I have traced it, and it is indeed Abutilon x Suntense. Every so often you may see a plant or shrub which will strike you as not … Continue reading →
Penny Lane Climbing Rose
Penny Lane a really good climbing Rose which has performed very well every Summer in our garden for the past eight years. Flowers are fully double with a medium fragrance, colour starts off a honey shade then develops to a … Continue reading →
Alstroemeria Princess Lilies
Alstroemerias a beautiful hardy perennial not a plant grown for its foliage, but makes up for this with masses of gorgeous flowers. Almost as exotic as orchids, Princess Alstroemerias have become widely planted due to their three month flowering period, beautiful … Continue reading →
Pampas Grass Pumila
Pampas Grass Pumila A few years back the spin gardeners of the day were preaching how unfashionable some plants were. Hydrangeas, especially the mopheads were most definitely for your granny only.
Continue reading →Acer Palmatum Atropurpureum
In your garden you may be surrounded with multiple shades of green from your trees, shrubs, plants and lawn. Fair enough the perennial plants and annuals add a multitude of glorious colour. However for a change in colour, the red leaved … Continue reading →