Plants in Season

Regular visitors to Saughton Park will know that one area of the park is planted, largely, with ornamental grasses. Ornamental grasses have seen a steady rise in popularity.  They are […]

Campanula rotundifolia, the Scottish bluebell (harebell further south), is now coming into flower. It is common on dry, nutrient-poor grasslands and heaths and often colonises cracks in boulders [...]

When it’s a pelargonium of course! Pelargoniums are marginally hardy plants from dry areas in Southern Africa, often used in summer bedding schemes, while true geraniums are frost hardy native [...]

With the slightly cooler temperatures some, but not all Paeonia have decided to slow down their progress towards flowering. These two images show the delightful change in colour over time […]

We seem to be having a bit of a purple day here at The Caley and it is not just because of my own particular bias against yellow flowers! These […]

Hawthorn, Crataegus monogyna, is common in hedgerows, wood edges and scrub as it will grow in most soils. The flowers are scented, white or occasionally pink, and grow in clusters. […]

As we move into June there will be more images of Paeonia in our gardens.  Most of the blooms this week originally came from Binny Plants but one of them […]

Cacti come in a range of shapes and sizes.  Cacti are succulents although not all succulents are cacti! They grow well on windowsills and sometimes the Whittle household has found […]

When you think of Paeonia (Peonies) you probably expect a brightly coloured, big, blousy flower But there are a less common species which are perhaps a little less blousy. Sometimes […]

The stinging nettle, Urtica dioica, has hollow stinging hairs on the leaves and stems that act like hypodermic needles, injecting histamine and other chemicals on contact. The tiny flowers, held [...]