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Compost tea

Much loved by bees, Symphytum officinale spreads throughout Europe and S.W. Asia. Preferring moist soil in shaded conditions, the plants will colonise as a rampant long lived herbaceous…

Caught on the breeze like a prayer flag

Meconopsis punicea is guaranteed to attract interest with its tissue-thin petals of bright red showing each and every crease as they grow. The head is supported on a…

Star quality

This month sees Corokia cotoneaster covered in small yellow star shaped flowers. In bud, they are cardboard brown, expanding to allow the five linear petals to spread flat…

One of many reasons to visit Logan Botanic Garden

With a long weekend approaching, take a tent or book yourself some accommodation on the Mull of Galloway. Logan Botanic Garden grows a wealth of more unusual plants….

Two hybrid lilacs that differ in stature

These deciduous shrubs come into their own during May, covered in evocatively scented terminal panicles. Both of these hybrids have purple flowers and are shades similar, in fact…

A celebration of the genus Rhododendron

The International Rhododendron Conference is taking place from 7 – 11 May 2008 at the Garden. The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh grows and has long been involved with…

Climbing skyward this May weekend

Holboellia latifolia is a fellow member of the family Lardizabalaceae along with the previously described Akebia trifoliata. The plant driving itself upwards into the light on the Chinese…

Highlights: 28.5.07

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…

Highlights: 24.5.07

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…

Highlights: 21.5.07

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,…

Highlights: 18.5.07

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…

Highlights: 16.5.07

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…

Highlights: 14.5.07

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…

Highlights: 9.5.07

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…

Highlights: 4.5.07

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…

Highlights: 3.5.07

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…