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Larkspur is an easily grown annual that repays the cost of a packet of seed many times over. Sow early spring under glass and transplant into moist soil…
In a sunny spot to the south of the rock garden are several plants of Penstemon filiformis. Revelling in this summer’s warmth and flowering profusely in response to…
July 2014 was sunny, sunny, sunny, and WARM. By the end of the month, despite a few days with some early mist and even some rain, things were…
Today marks the 100 year anniversary since this date in August 1914 when Britain entered what was to become the First World War. As a tribute to all…
Corylus ferox is a native to the Himalayas and NW China, found in association with Acer, Viburnum, Hippophae, Salix, spp. Seed was collected from a 6m x 5m…
The first half of June 2014 was rather unsettled with quite a lot of rain but the second half was much more settled and summery with some quite…
Moving away from mid-summer and there are signs that autumn may soon be with us. An ungainly specimen of Rosa sertata is producing hips. These are a deep…
As the first Poppies (Papaver rhoeas) begin to flower in the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh’s World War One commemoration field we are currently being treated to a mass…
Here is a small video to share with you the same experience we encountered on the expedition. The whole trip was a huge success. We covered over…
The mass planting of Lilium formosanum var. priceii in the peat walls is eye-catching. Two hundred or more trumpets…
Early this morning on my way in to my office I had a look at some of the annual plants that are appearing near the north boundary of…
Excelling in its position as dominant member of the tufa mound, the recently planted area in front of the alpine house, Calceolaria…
On 15 June I posted a blog entry here, “Tree Bumblebee – Coming to a garden near you, and maybe a Garden near you” (see http://stories.rbge.org.uk/archives/11851). David Adamson,…
The delicate long light linear white petals making up the flowers of Gillenia trifoliata contrast with the red calyx….
A rare (or rarely recorded) fungus has been found on at least two of the Quercus species on the oak lawn at RBGE: Dichomitus campestris is a small…
The weather during the past ten months has ensured a flowering season like no other. A long autumn to ripen wood followed by a benign winter and warmth…
This morning while walking through the top part of the Chinese Hillside on the way to my office I heard an unusual ‘chup-chup’ call that I had not…
The never ending problem of dealing with greenfly and whitefly on the Botanics collection of plants under glass is now being tackled with biological control. Wasps that parasitise…