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Monthly Archives: September 2013

Blairgowrie Market
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Posted on September 29, 2013 by CathySeptember 29, 2013
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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 →

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Calamagrostis x acutiflora ‘Overdam’
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Posted on September 27, 2013 by CathySeptember 27, 2013
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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 →

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Hydrangea paniculata ‘Limelight’
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Posted on September 25, 2013 by CathySeptember 25, 2013
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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 →

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Enkianthus campanulatus AGM
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Posted on September 24, 2013 by CathySeptember 24, 2013
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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 →

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Persicaria ‘J S Caliente’
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Posted on September 23, 2013 by CathySeptember 23, 2013
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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 →

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Artemesia lactiflora ‘Elfenbein’ & Selinum Wallichianum
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Posted on September 22, 2013 by CathySeptember 22, 2013
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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 →

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Red Squirrel Day
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Posted on September 20, 2013 by CathySeptember 20, 2013
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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 →

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Hypericum olympicum’Citrinum’
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Posted on September 19, 2013 by CathySeptember 19, 2013
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  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 →

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Euphorbia Griffithi Dixter
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Posted on September 17, 2013 by CathySeptember 17, 2013
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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 →

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Liriodendron tulipifera AGM
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Posted on September 16, 2013 by CathySeptember 16, 2013
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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 →

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Molinia Caerulea Variegata
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Posted on September 15, 2013 by CathySeptember 15, 2013
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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 →

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Crocosmia Culzean Peach & Emberglow
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Posted on September 13, 2013 by CathySeptember 13, 2013
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  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 →

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Dundee Flower Show
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Posted on September 10, 2013 by CathySeptember 10, 2013
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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 →

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