Early July and it’s summer – honestly, it really is! Time to relax and enjoy the moment. Open the gate to the walled garden and drink in the scene: the White Border at its peak, an abundance of flowers, a cocktail of heavenly scents, all set off by a soft green grassy path. Sorry aboutContinue reading “Enjoy!”
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New Year Resolutions
As winter takes its turn I see the garden from a different perspective. There are plants that I have never noticed before – how can that be that I have walked passed the Japanese beauty berry, Callicarpa japonica, hundreds of times with blinkered eyes? Now I see that it has delicate mauve berries. I mustContinue reading “New Year Resolutions”
A place for everything?
There’s a definite air of excitement as we view the dipping pool and its new carnivorous plants. In Scotland we have our native carnivorous plants – sundews, butterwort and bladderworts – but these North American plants are monsters in comparison. Some will grow to over a metre in suitable conditions. Both they and the ScottishContinue reading “A place for everything?”
Notes from Crathes 