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This eye grabber Filipendula Rubra Venusta with large panicles of deep pink blooms in Summer demands attention.

Todays post is highlighting the Hosta Halcyon and also some of the other Hostas growing in our garden.

Finally, I have started to use the new name for (Polygonum)

Kniphofia Ember Glow and also Lemon Popsicle. Great additions to the back garden with Ember Glow still blooming in October.

The Thalictrum Delavayi Hewitt’s Double differs considerably from the majority of the Thalictrums grown in our gardens

The English Rose Darcey Bussell bred by David Austin

It looks like Jack Frost, closer inspection of Brunnera Macrophylla Sea Heart side by side may reveal subtle differences.

Standard Cotinus Royal Purple, will you have success with this unusual shrub in Aberdeen?

It is always so very cheering to spot the Rhododendron Cilpinense in gardens before the true arrival of Spring

Everyone loves Primula Vulgaris. Our native Primrose has possibly been the subject of fellow bloggers more often than any other plant.

 Thalictrum Aquilegifolium Thundercloud in the garden

Its bright, it’s garish, it’s in your face, its Geum Fire Storm.

 When I first came across Mahonia Soft Caress I knew I just had to have it. I mean, look at it, completely different from any Mahonia you have ever seen. But then I thought, Is Mahonia Soft Caress Hardy.

Prunus Accolade started to flower in our front garden at the beginning of April.

Cercidiphyllum japonicum Native to Japan, where it is known as Katsura. It’s hardy but may get set back in Spring when a late frost may cause the leaves to shrivel up. Fear not, recovery will be quick.

We had Nerine in our Aberdeen garden which bloomed in October. Here in Fife, this Nerine Bowdenii Isabel, which we have in two pots has decided to wait until December before performing to its best.

Making a big deal of two early to bloom Heleniums

Hydrangeas like most garden plants prefer to be planted in the border. Fortunately, many are quite happy planted in a pot. Hydrangea Magical Mont Blanc is one of them.

Cyclamen Coum the hardiest of them all. I have always been keen to add Cyclamen Coum in the garden for Winter interest. In the past I planted dry corms with little success.

Multiflora pot chrysanthemums give the illusion of mid Summer in the month of November.

My favourite plant in the garden is (Picea Pungens Gloria). Well, how often do I say that. However, this time it’s true, so  just take a look at it.

All these years of gardening and I can’t say that I was ever that crushed on Nepeta, well not until I found Nepeta Fassenii Junior Walker.

 Flowering all Summer and Autumn long, the Erigeron karvinskianus is quite an astonishing plant in spite of its simplicity. Do you find yourself getting to a stage where you want to cut back on the annual plants that need replacing every year? Why not consider Erigeron Karvinskianus for bedding.

We planted the Hebe Autumn Glory in our front garden four years ago.

Laurus Nobilis Standard Bay Tree, tender?

London Pride, I didn’t buy it or plant it, the truth is, it was (handed down to me)

Cheshire Gardening! well, just a little information letting new visitors to Aberdeen gardening know that we moved away from Aberdeen twenty months ago and are now living in a Cheshire village..

Can Yew possibly replace your Dwarf Box hedging which has been destroyed by blight

Lavandula Angustifolia Munstead and other Lavenders

A look back at our garden in 2012 and a glimpse of my blogging experience in the past couple of years.

Back in early May I mentioned that I was making big changes out front, well, I never did say it was to our garden!

What do we have Blooming in July and August? Well, I won’t show you them all, but these are the ones which grabbed my attention.

The blooms of the Epimedium x Rubrum may be small, however the plant as a whole, makes quite an impact in the woodland area of our garden.

The four gardens which we have had since 1969 have all had Astrantias. Astrantia Roma is up there with the best of them.

Pulmonaria Blue Ensign, such a long time since we have had Pulmonaries in the garden.

Veronica spicata Ulster Blue Dwarf is a very tidy perennial plant, ideal for the front of the border.