I should have been at Blairgowrie Market yesterday, which would have been the last market of the season there, but unfortunately my van broke down! This is the first market I have missed in approx 11 years since it started, and … Continue reading
Calamagrostis x acutiflora ‘Overdam’ is a very hardy grass which looks good for months, standing tall and erect! It has stripey leaves and pinky seedheads in summer, which in turn change to the colour of wheat in Autumn! I cut this … Continue reading
Beautiful and extremely hardy, the blooms on this hydrangea start off a bright green, and then turn to a lovely ivory white and finish up pink tinged! This type of hydrangea is perfect for those people who grow mopheads and … Continue reading
This is an extremely hardy mid-sized, narrow, upright deciduous shrub. Lovely glossy green foliage compliments the mass of creamy white bell shaped flowers with pinky veins and tips – from late spring till summer! (Resembling Pieris flowers – close relative!) … Continue reading
This is the Persicaria I exchanged with Cambo Gardens for pots of my Selinum Wallichianum. Caliente is Spanish for hot & warm! This has dark cerise bottle brush flowers over a very long period throughout summer into autumn. Any info. … Continue reading
I came across this lovely ‘new’ to me Artemesia lactiflora ‘Elfenbein’at the Dundee Flower Show earlier on this month! Cambo Gardens from the East Neuk of Fife were next to me with their display, and it caught my eye along … Continue reading
Spent some time this morning watching the red squirrels hopping in and out of the bird box we have on one of the birch trees in the garden! I’m always finding their stash of hazelnuts in pots of plants whether … Continue reading
This is a lovely shrubby alpine with small ovate grey/green leaves and pale lemon flowers throughout the summer months. It only grows a few inches tall and can be grown in a rockery or in an alpine trough  – … Continue reading
This is a lovely clump forming deciduous spurge with red stems and lovely orangey red blooms all summer through to Autumn. Be very careful when cleaning up and tidying around this perennial as it exudes a milky sap when foliage … Continue reading
This beautiful tree has large tulip shaped leaves approx. 4 to 8″ long and wide which are bright green in colour, turning golden yellow in  autumn. It will take at least 15 years to produce its tulip shaped flowers. I … Continue reading
Some of my favourite grasses are the moisture loving Molinias – caerulea variegata is an exceptionally good grass, having creamy white stripes down the middle of the blades. It’s a later flowering grass, which blooms better in climates with cooler … Continue reading
Crocosmia Culzean Peach My Crocosmias are in full bloom in the garden at the moment – Culzean Peach and Emberglow are looking particularly good! I also have Lucifer still in bloom!! These are cormous plants which should be grown … Continue reading
That’s the last of my big shows over for another year. Fortunately this year we had 3 dry days for the Flower Show – cold on Friday, but better over the weekend! Sunday turned out to be the busiest day as … Continue reading
