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Iris clarkei

68. Iris clarkei J.D. Hooker An iris of the Sibericae group, in which the drooping, outer petals (which are known as the ‘falls’) are smooth and beardless. It is native…

Anemone trullifolia

58. Anemone trullifolia J.D. Hooker & Thomson RANUNCULACEAE A widespread Sino-Himalayan plant occurring in alpine turf at altitudes of 3500 to 4500 metres from Nepal to South-West China, including the…

The Botanic Cottage

gardener’s house and garden doors, probably James Craig c.1780 Right: The Botanic Cottage on Lieth Walk in the early 1990’s, after the new walkway had been built and a front…

Growing an Excellent Future – Reflecting on ‘Promoting Excellence in Horticulture’ Conference

garden experts and enthusiasts. The app has provided crucial services for gardens reopening under social distancing, with its virtual ticketing, audio tours and augmented reality plant labelling functions. Fresh from…

Wangari Maathai 1940—2011

This wonderful article has been written by Garden Guides, Helen Mitchell and Irene Paterson. For the duration of the Covid guided tours at Edinburgh have been temporarily suspended. The garden

July 2014 Garden Wildlife Report

…new habitat for wildlife. Edinburgh’s Wool Carder Bees were numerous in the Fruit Garden/Demonstration Garden area throughout the month and there was possible evidence from flight paths that their nest…

Cupressus cashmeriana

…seen growing in the Woodland Garden (forming Number 64 of the Trail). It was first described from a specimen introduced to an English nursery from ‘Tibet’ in about 1862. Photograph…

RBGE 1970-2020

Gardening Project, supported by the players of the People’s Postcode Lottery, benefits over 7,000 people each year: community gardeners and volunteers work with a range of disadvantaged groups to build…

April 2018 Garden Wildlife Report

…other invertebrates. The total Garden wildlife list at the end of April was therefore 999. The (hopeful) finding of the ‘1000th species’ is being left to the Garden’s ‘Botanics Big…

Behind the Scenes of Scottish Conservation Horticulture at RBGE with a Robertson Trust Intern

…the translocations. These lovely plants can be seen in the Rain Garden, Rock Garden and Demonstration Garden at RBGE as well as at Dawyck and Benmore botanic gardens! At the…

August 2016 Garden Wildlife Report

Mating Figwort Weevils, Cionus scrophulariae, 5th August 2016. New Garden record. August 2016 was fairly dry, sunny and reasonably warm. The Garden’s wildlife list increased by no fewer than 21…

October 2018 Garden Wildlife Report

…was seen in both the Garden and Inverleith Park on 16th. Two redhead (female or juvenile) Goosanders were briefly on the main Garden Pond on 14th and one on 31st….

Cupressus torulosa

39. Cupressus torulosa D. Don CUPRESSACEAE Twisted cypress When Hugh Cleghorn was surveying the timber resources of the Western Himalaya in the early 1860s, he noted that this species had…

3 newly described Aframomum (Zingiberaceae) species in the Living Collection at Edinburgh

Aframomum fragrans 19982770*A A new monograph of Aframomum by David Harris and Alexandra Wortley , from Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, was published at the beginning of 2018. The monograph includes…

July 2019 Garden Wildlife Report

…for the Garden’s growing list of ladybird species (now 13, including Cream-streaked), genuine Harlequin Ladybirds have not yet been found within the Garden. Other ladybird species found during July were…

The Importance of Rain Gardens in a Changing Climate

…downpours of rain. These conditions within the garden have made maintaining plant health and flooding issues within the garden a challenge. Heavy rain has brought problems where plant beds, lawn…

Silent Space at Logan Botanic Garden

Logan Botanic Garden is the first garden in Dumfries & Galloway to join Silent Space – encouraging people to switch off their phones and truly relax. It follows Benmore Botanic…

How big was our garden?

…area John Brown gardened and so it was an enclosure in an existing garden which would have already been growing a range of plants for the household including herbs. James…

April 2017 Garden Wildlife Report

…Beetle (Chrysolina americana), 5 April 2017. New Garden record first recorded 28 March. Photo Robert Mill. Mating Fever Flies (Dilophus febrilis), 27 April 2017. New Garden record. Photo Robert Mill….