Garden Plants for Scotland

Product Information

The Scots Gaelic name means "stormy" due to its preferred habitat on a rock face or just above a storm beach. I never tire of the magic as they emerge from the harsh depths of winter to produce such intricate flower heads which gently nod in the biting cold winds. At Glasgow’s Holmwood, visitors can discover 5 acres of landscaped gardens and a small kitchen garden, planted with a range of Victorian herbs, fruit and vegetables. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. Due to our wet and windy weather, the Bog Myrtle shrub thrives both wild and in our garden, bulking out flower beds with pretty, sweet smelling yellow flowers.

Bird tables and hanging feeders can give you a wonderful view of birds and can provide them with much needed nutrients, especially during bad weather.Our wildlife has evolved with these particular species, so they are much more likely to survive when they are about. It has a pleasant, slightly honeyed aromatic scent, and its significance to Scotland is that it is a wonderful repellent to the dreaded midge, growing as it does in areas favoured by midges as breeding grounds. Far more appropriate is the Melancholy Thistle (Cirsium heterophyllum), which although also quite rare, is specific to damp places in mountain areas. The feathery foliage adds an aromatic flavour to soups and vegetable dishes,the seeds have a spicy flavour. Evergreen shrubs: These retain their green leaves through winter and make a good focal point in a large container, or can be mixed with other dwarf shrubs for a variety of foliage and flowers.

Born in Scotland, RAOUL CURTIS-MACHIN developed a passionate interest in gardening from the age of thirteen. Madders are used in Chinese and Ayurvedic medicine for their anti-bacterial, anti-inflammatory properties.Blooming perennials tend to average about 3 weeks of bloom time producing colourful flowers that provide visual pleasure throughout the bloom period. Luckily, the flowers that are loved by bees and other pollinating insects such as butterflies, moths and beetles, are also just as attractive to the human eye.

Hedges provide living space and food for all sorts of wildlife, from insects to birds and small mammals. The following can also be used: forget-me-nots ( Myosotis), large-flowered bedding daisies ( Bellis perennis) and wallflowers ( Erysimum) . Firstly, create some shelter by installing a wind-breaking hedge or row of trees, staking trees and installing windbreak netting against newly installed hedging plants.Cox), A Plantsman's Guide to Rhododendrons , Cox's Guide to Choosing Rhododendrons (with Peter Cox), The Encyclopedia of Rhododendron Species (with Peter Cox), Rhododendrons: a Hamlyn Care Manual and Rhododendrons and Azaleas . Secondly, don’t be too tidy – hedgehogs and other garden wildlife like to use tall grass, dead twigs and fallen leaves as cover when they hibernate.

Plants that produce lots of berries – such as berberis and pyracantha – are particularly good at attracting birds to your garden.Its maritime climate, ample rainfall, and the rarity of severe droughts and really hot weather mean that huge numbers of plants grow well there.