Garden Plants for Scotland

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Cultivating a garden in the elements can be difficult in a climate such as Scotland’s, leaving many with soggy shrubs and poorly perennials. With help from most of Scotland's leading horticultural gurus and gardeners, they have scoured the country evaluating what does well where and why. Firstly, make sure they can access your garden by planting hedges instead of using fences, or by cutting a five inch hole in the bottom of one fence panel. A small tree from 2-3m high which makes an excellent evergreen hardy hedge with blue berries for flavouring gin or in pickles, chutney, cheeses and marinades.

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. Amongst the many plants we grow are our highly praised autumn Gentians bred here by Dr Ian McNaughton, and probably the largest range of Meconopsis cultivars found anywhere. 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. We have extended the business over the years to supply a variety of hardy plants, including Ferns, Hosta’s, Roses, trees and shrubs as well as rare plants from across the globe. We attend a number of plant fairs and shows including, Great Dixter Spring and Autumn fairs, RHS Chelsea Flower show, Scone Place Plant fair, SRGC events as well as the St Andrews plant fair, just to name a few.

Covering trees, conifers, fruit, shrubs, perennials, bamboos, grasses, herbs and hedging, this book is a one-volume guide for Scottish gardeners, both experienced and beginners. Himself a nurseryman, Kenneth is managing director of the family firm Glendoick Gardens Ltd near Perth and author of numerous books, including The Encyclopedia of Rhododendron Hybrids (with Peter A. Common Gorse, known as Whin or Furze in Scotland, is extremely widespread, particularly in sandy, coastal soils and thin, upland soils. 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. A relation of the heather, this is somewhat rare, but another that is fond of the wet, and produces its mid-pink blooms at the tips of the stems in peaty and boggy areas between June and October.

Remember that plants grow very little in winter, so make sure you start with good-sized plants and use sufficient numbers of plants for the size of container to make an impact from the start. Found at high altitude in the Highlands of Scotland, a very hardy survivor of rocky exposed habitats.Binny Plants have been attending the RHS Chelsea Flower Show for the past 11 years and been awarded medals for each show. Hamper contents can vary slightly from the image displayed so please see the product descriptions for full listings.

But the climate varies considerably - from the colder, wetter, windier mountainous areas to the west coast where tender plants can be grown outdoors all year round - and choosing plants that are suited to the local conditions is critical to success. Highland mat forming evergreen shrub with glossy leathery pointed leaves,early pink clustered flowers followed by bright autumn red berries.Galanthus nivalus is the common snowdrop, but there are a huge range of different varieties that generally flower between January and March.