Garden Plants for Scotland

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Garden Plants for Scotland

Garden Plants for Scotland

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Local Native Plants for Living Walls: Thrift, Roseroot, Sea Campion, Harebell, Sedum spp, Ivy, Thyme, Bird’s-foot Trefoil, Ground Ivy C. A. Whatley, The Scots and the Union: Then and Now (Edinburgh, Edinburgh University Press, 2nd edn., 2014), ISBN 0748680284, p. 85.

a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u F. Jamieson, "Gardening and landscapes" in M. Lynch, ed., The Oxford Companion to Scottish History (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001), ISBN 0-19-211696-7, pp. 258–60. Threaplands Garden Centre has built up a reputation as ‘the gardener’s garden centre’, offering expert advice and supplying a quality range of healthy, cared-for plants fit for North of Scotland weather.Situated at the head of Loch Fyne, overlooking the gorgeous Glen Fyne, this is a garden centre and a day out wrapped in one. H. Scott, ed., Scotland: A Concise Cultural History (Mainstream, 1993), ISBN 1-85158-581-8, p. 208. Top nurseries and growers, some of whom are Chelsea medal winners, come from all over the UK giving you a fantastic opportunity to buy outstanding plants directly from the experts who grew them

If you have not already done so this is a good time to prune most deciduous trees, before the sap starts to rise. There are some exceptions, the Horse chestnut, Birch, Walnut and Cherry trees bleed extensively, prune these in mid Summer when new growth has matured.Remove Summer bedding and replant with Spring plants of your choice, Polyanthus, Forget me nots, Bellis, Pansies and Violas. Remember to cut the water supply to outside taps and those in the garage. I did forget to do this many years ago shall I say, much to my regret. November, very often the wettest month of the year, and the frosts have arrived, also a chance of the first snowfall of Winter if you also live in the North east of Scotland. The lawns probably looking tired at the moment. Use a tine rake to get rid of the moss. I find the plastic ones are better to use than the metal ones, also not so severe on the lawn. Summer drawing to an end, some days feeling Autumnal with others reaching July temperatures. This is the month to lift and store those root vegetables before the quality starts to deteriorate. Collect seeds and beans for sowing next year. September is the best month to take hardwood cuttings from the fruit bushes. Dig up those Strawberry runners and get them potted up.

June is usually the driest month of the year and the most likely reason for losing perennials which were planted in Spring, is drying out. Do take care to water profusely in dry spells. Water only in the early morning or evening to prevent scorching of the leaves look out for those annuals drying out also. Looking for a garden centre with picturesque views? Then The Tree Shop Garden Centre is the place for you.Neatly clipped topiary will add year round structure. At Parkhead in Argyll & Bute, clipped forms take centre stage with boxwood, yew, beech, hornbeam, holly, laurel are laid out in a strictly symmetrical garden of cones, cubes, columns, domes and pristine parterres.

One bug ‘hotel’ you may not have heard of before, but which can be very effective, is a Hoverfly Lagoon or Rot Pot. They are easy to create and aim to simulate holes in trees filled with leaf litter, which would be home for the larval stages of some species of hoverfly. Independently-owned and within easy reach for the surrounding areas (it’s just off the M8 motorway), you can make a day of it here with the whole family. U. Weilacher, In Gardens: Profiles of Contemporary European Landscape Architecture (Walter de Gruyter, 2005), ISBN 3764376627, p. 22.

Gardens, as designated spaces for planting, first came to Scotland with Christianity and monasticism from the sixth century. The monastery of Iona had such a garden for medicinal herbs and other plants and tended by an Irish gardener from the time of Columba (521–597). [1] By the late Middle Ages gardens, or yards, around medieval abbeys, castles and houses were formal and in the European tradition of herb garden, kitchen garden and orchard. [2] Such gardens are known to have been present at Pluscarden Priory, Beauly Priory and Kinloss Abbey and created for the Bishop of Moray at Spynie in the mid-sixteenth century. [3] The gardens of castles and estate houses were often surrounded by defensive walls and they sometimes adjoined a hunting park. [2] Urban houses had gardens as part of burgage plots that stretched behind houses, often used to produce vegetables such as kale and beans. [4] Catch crop of early potatoes immediately followed by a planting of leeks in late July early August to harvest from February to May. The key is both to manipulate conditions through shelter and soil preparation and to work with nature, choosing plants suited to local conditions and ensuring that you get the timing right. If you sow too early, for example, your newly germinated seedlings will be stunted by cold or wind and you’ll never get a bumper crop. Tender Annuals are generally a bit of a slog in the colder parts of Scotland; one tries to get them going by sowing them maybe a week or two after the recommended general UK sowing time to get a little warmth, either under cover or in open soil, and they still dribble along; producing masses of leaf, and maybe a feeble bloom or two around the end of August despite tiddling ’em with sulphate of potash to encourage flowers. A month after one was hoping for glories!



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