In flower now

Sarcococca are compact, evergreen shrubs which come into their own in mid-winter which accounts for the common names of Christmas box or sweet box. The flowers are small, creamy or pinkish white [...]

Did you get a plant as a gift for Christmas?  Read on to see how to care for them. Thousands of poinsettias are bought for Christmas. They can stay as colourful additions to a room until Easter [...]

Holly is strongly associated with Christmas, featuring on many a Christmas card. With its spines and blood red berries, the plant had religious significance to early Christians and the Romans [...]

As we all appreciate the changing of the seasons, have you ever wondered why leaves change colour in autumn? Autumn colours are the result of chemical reactions that occur as the leaves of [...]

The intense blue trumpets of gentians are one of the glories of the autumn garden. These grow well in Scotland as they dislike alkaline soils and do require good levels of moisture during the [...]

There is a huge variety of plants to provide late summer colour. Many are in the aster/daisy family. Michaelmas daisies are traditional herbaceous border plants.  Many of the older cultivars are [...]

Annual mixes are a way to brighten up public spaces or private gardens at relatively low cost. They are often referred to as wildflowers which is misleading as they often include non-native [...]

We are now in the peak time for roses with a great variety are now available. For formal beds or for showing, the classic hybrid teas such as ‘Peace’ are still unsurpassed, while floribundas such [...]

Always one of the features at Gardening Scotland, Meconopsis is one of those groups of plants with star quality. Though best known to gardeners as the big blue Himalayan poppies, there are other [...]

The bright yellow flowers of oilseed rape have become a familiar late-spring sight. The plant is a brassica and its name ‘rape’ comes from the Latin word rapum that means a turnip.  Oilseed rape [...]