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Worth looking for is Weigela coraeensis var. fragrans. Collected by Kurashige in Korea, 1994. Growing in the west border to the north of the Arbutus menziesii beneath the…
Primula bulleyana: a bright spectrum of colours yellow – orange – red, on the bottom edge of the Chinese hillside. Behind these is P. poissonii, the long elegant…
Geranium pilostemum: collected by Balls in 1933, E. Turkey, N.Iran, Caucasus. Forms a robust clump to 1.5, mauve flowers Picea purpurea: pendulous purple cones. Himalayas and W.China Abies…
Berchamia polyphylla var. leioclada: Growing against the west facing wall that runs down the back lane by the research corridor. Leaves very attractive, mid green, prominent veining on…
A selection of Rhododendron from the sub section Ponticum: Rhododendron catawbiense: a mass of plants growing in the copse covered in purple flowers. Inside on the top petal…
Helianthemum croceum: carpet of primrose yellow, W. Med. & Portugal Aciphylla glaucescens: New Zealand. Two metre spike of honey coloured insignificant flowers Thymus zerausharicus: Central Asia. Massed carpet…
Aquilegia formosa: W.N.America. Reflexed red petals form 5 perfect circles with yellow throat, extended flower parts Paeonia mascula ssp. russi: Big pink blousy blooms Ceanothus dentatus: mass of…
Magnolia sieboldii: Wild collected by Holmberg and Strindberg, Japan, Korea. Spicy scent from the flowers Magnolia sieboldii ssp. sinensis: Larger plant, native to China, S.W. Sichuan. Flowers hang down,…
The alpine wall and scree in the rock garden are full of colour: Hypericum cerastioides, carpet of yellow with spicy scent exuding from the plant View from the…
Paeonia suffruticosa: Another 2 metre tree paeonia. Pink / purple flowers the unfurling petals hold a delicate scent Papaver orientale ‘Olympia’: This mass of growth in the herbaceous…
Morea spathulata, a Hilliard and Burtt collection from Temperate South Africa in 1976. Bright yellow blooms on strong stems, to 1metre Ceanothus sorediatus, USA, California, corner of lecture…
Rhododendron ‘Loderi’ and Rhododendron ‘Loderi King George’: A 1926 introduced hybrid between R. fortunei x griffithianum. These are both from the Leonardslee crosses of the early 1900’s by…
Herbaceous Paeonies: Paeonia mascula: Carmine red petals full of yellow anthers. Mediterranean to S.E.Asia Paeonia mascula ssp. triternata: S.W. to S.E. Asia, pink petals to this sub species Paeonia…
Davidia involucrata: In full flower now, opposite the peat walls and by Logan’s border. Noted for its large white bracts, hanging down from the flower parts Davidia involucrata…
Ornithogalum pyrenaicum “Bath Asparagus” a member of Liliaceae that has colonised the shaded ground beneath the Limes to the north of Inverleith House Aesculus hippocastanum “Horse Chestnut”. A…
Exochorda x macrantha on the north side of the pond. Spikes of white flowers Sophora microphylla A New Zealand legume, towering out of the sunken courtyard North of…
Lathraea clandestina – a parasitic perennial on the roots of Salix. Purple flowers, native to SW Europe Pulsatilla sp. through the Rock Garden and on the alpine wall…
Trio of Magnolia cylindrica on the Chinese Hillside and two M. kobus at the view point Prunus ‘Spire’ on the Birch Lawn, centre road Lysichiton americanus – yellow…
The magnolias continue to impress. The following three white-flowered species are on the east side of the Copse: M. stellata from Japan, Honshu M. denudata from Eastern China…
M. campbellii: large pink flowers at the top of the tree, H10 M. ‘Charles Raffill’: an improved hybrid between M. campbellii and M. campbellii ssp mollicomata, F30 M….