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Symphoricarpos albus snowberry

Aberdeen Gardening Posted on 20th December 2012 by Alistair23rd March 2015

 Symphoricarpus albus snowberry bush perhaps you more often see this one in municipal or council planting schemes.  I think it deserves a place in the garden, dont eat the poisonous berries though. From this point, I think we will only … Continue reading →

Posted in Gardening News, Gardens in general, Our Garden | Tagged mail order, plant profile, snowberry, symphoricarpos albus

Astilbe Peach Blossom

Aberdeen Gardening Posted on 8th December 2012 by Alistair26th October 2016

Astilbe Peach Blossom, like all the other forms of Astilbe in our garden this one just thrives in the cool Summers of the North East of Scotland  We wouldn’t be without Astilbes in the garden, in fact when a plant grows as well as … Continue reading →

Posted in Gardening News, Gardens in general, Our Garden | Tagged growing astilbe, peach blossom

Stipa Arundinacea Anemanthele Lessonniana

Aberdeen Gardening Posted on 24th November 2012 by Alistair28th November 2015

Stipa Arundinacea  This evergreen ornamental grass is referred  to as being frost hardy, an indication that it may not survive in the North East of Scotland. Well think again, here is Stipa Arundinacea above in our Aberdeen garden in early … Continue reading →

Posted in Gardening News, Gardens in general, Our Garden | Tagged evbergreen, north east scotland, ornamental grass, Stipa Arundinacea

Flower Carpet Rose Amber

Aberdeen Gardening Posted on 10th November 2012 by Alistair19th January 2020

Whether or not you are a fan of them, the Flower Carpet Rose Amber and others in this series of Roses gives a grand show. I was always very reluctant to try out these Flower Carpet Roses. My concern was … Continue reading →

Posted in Gardening News, Gardens in general, Our Garden | Tagged amber, flower carpet rose, fox in the garden, gardening in aberdeen, gold, mail order, white

Japanese painted fern Athyrium nipponicum pictum

Aberdeen Gardening Posted on 27th October 2012 by Alistair22nd February 2016

The Japanese Painted Fern, Athyrium niponicum Pictum’. In our round garden it is an absolute treat, with soft silvery greyish-green foliage that has a hint of maroon finely etched through the fronds. I have heard some gardeners refer to Ferns as … Continue reading →

Posted in Gardening News, Gardens in general, Our Garden | Tagged asplenium scolopendrum, athyrium niponicum pictum, dryopteris erthrosora, harts tongue fern, Japanese painted fern, mailorder, matteucciia struthiopteris, scolopendrium cristatum, shuttlecock fern

Standard Cotinus Royal Purple

Aberdeen Gardening Posted on 13th October 2012 by Alistair28th November 2015

Standard Cotinus Royal Purple, will you have success with this unusual shrub in Aberdeen? Well we have tried it, again and again and again.  We were always very keen on the colour of the foliage, which offers a really good contrast to … Continue reading →

Posted in Gardening News, Gardens in general, Our Garden | Tagged cotinus, crowders, guest post, mail order, red foliage, royal purple, sam luther, smoke bush, standard

Box Balls Pyramids and Lollipops

Aberdeen Gardening Posted on 29th September 2012 by Alistair18th January 2020

Can Yew possibly replace your Dwarf Box hedging which has been destroyed by blight Well lets talk about that a little later on.  In the meantime, although we lost our Box hedging to the dreaded blight a few years ago, we still … Continue reading →

Posted in Gardening News, Gardens in general, Our Garden | Tagged box balls, box blight, box hedge, buxus sempervirens, elegans, english yew, lollipops, scotplants, taxus baccata, topiary, yew dwarf hedge

Tree Lily Anastasia

Aberdeen Gardening Posted on 15th September 2012 by Alistair27th November 2020

The Tree Lily Anastasia and others in our garden Anastasia, one of the recent lilies from America which is a hybrid of oriental and trumpet Lilies. In America where they were bred, they are known as Orienpets and in the UK they … Continue reading →

Posted in Gardening News, Gardens in general, Our Garden | Tagged anastasia, goliaths, grow in aberdeen, honeymoon, leslie woodriff, miss lily, orienpets, tree lilies

Lavandula Angustifolia Munstead

Aberdeen Gardening Posted on 1st September 2012 by Alistair23rd March 2015

Lavandula Angustifolia Munstead and other Lavenders The Lavender Angustifolia in our front raised border reached the end of its lifespan. This plant had edged the rose bed for four years. We will start of with the common form of Lavender, … Continue reading →

Posted in Gardening News, Gardens in general, Our Garden | Tagged auslese, balmedie, beach pillbox, blue cushion, lavender angustifolia munstead, mail order, pruning lavender

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