tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65028989794419369642024-03-13T02:30:03.463+00:00Abriachan Nurseries - The Garden On Loch NessA beautiful Scottish woodland garden and unusual plant nursery by Loch Ness.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger77125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6502898979441936964.post-80987519965557362042018-03-16T09:14:00.001+00:002018-03-16T09:17:07.264+00:00Abriachan Nurseries Plant Catalogue 2018<div style="height: 0px;">
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<span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;">Anyone who knows our garden knows that we have a love
affair with the Southern hemisphere and this year we broke
new ground in Tasmania, actually, Bruny island off the south
coast of Tasmania…next stop Antarctica.
The birds were amazing, made all the more so by our
daughter Cat, who is a wildlife guide there. Wallabies and
Echidna; Wombats and fantastic beaches, where anyone else
on it made it feel crowded. And oh, yes the plants.
They were wonderful too and I have a huge love of Eucalyptus
forest and the great cushion and carpet plants on their high
peaks. Donald has brought his enthusiasm home and we will
be planting some Tasmanian plants this year. And now can
winter stop please. It has been long alternating freeze and
thaw, and for the first time for some years enough snow to
break branches and that has caused a surprising amount of
damage. It is mid-February now and the met office is now
promising a Siberian easterly and another cold spell. Bring on
spring. Make this the year you come and visit us…the garden
is already looking good, glistening hollies, witch hazels,
snowdrops, winter aconites and the wonderful Daphne
bholua.</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020;">The 2018 Plant Catalogue is now ready to be thumbed over, pencilled upon and the corners folded while you go about choosing this years selection for your garden. So put the kettle on, open the chocolate digestives and peruse at your leisure, picking out a great selection to enhance and enlarge your gardens. If you are on our hard copy mailing list it will be popping through your door any second, but you can get a head start on some of the special plants in limited numbers by through <a href="http://www.lochnessgarden.com/catalogue/catindex.htm" style="color: #2baadf; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank"><span style="color: green;">our website </span></a>ordering or <a href="http://www.lochnessgarden.com/catalogue/getpapercat.htm" style="color: #2baadf; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank"><span style="color: green;">downloading the pdf</span></a> of the catalogue.</span></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020;"><br /><br />As the weather is now suitable, we are beginning to send plants in the mail. We will send out the mailorder in the same order we received the online and posted order forms and will let you know if plants sell out so you can be put on a wait list or choose another alternative.</span></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020;"><span style="color: green;"><a href="http://www.lochnessgarden.com/catalogue/getpapercat.htm" style="color: #2baadf; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank">Download a hardcopy mailorder form</a></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Don has been Instagramming in the garden all year. Join us @LochNessGarden and please do #LochNessGarden and #AbriachanNurseries<br /> </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Enjoy, Best wishes, Margaret, Don & Hamish</i></span></span><br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6502898979441936964.post-78314320441108586252016-09-29T09:04:00.002+01:002016-09-29T09:12:10.800+01:00Great Autumn Offers 2016 - Primula & Auricula<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Our 2016 Autumn Availability of Auricula and Primula.</div>
Many of these were not available earlier in the year.<br />
Get in quick to grab those which are rare or limited in numbers.<br />
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Click here to <a href="http://www.lochnessgarden.com/catalogue/getpapercat.htm" target="_blank">download</a> a pdf of the Autumn Catalogue.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: x-small;"><br />A very small selection of our shrub sale plants:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Escallonia rubra Macrantha, </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">Griselinia Littoralis,<br />Hebe John Collier,<br /> </span></div>
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</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6502898979441936964.post-75321309458932310542016-04-20T02:44:00.000+01:002016-04-20T02:44:27.741+01:00A Slow Snowy Spring<div class="ecxMsoNormal">
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6502898979441936964.post-80806300550881401412015-03-30T12:18:00.000+01:002015-04-01T10:23:13.443+01:00March White RabbitOh dear, oh dear…I find myself waking up and thinking about everything there is to do and panicking just like the white rabbit…I’m late I’m late. <br />
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Well, the only excuse is it has been a cold month. Well, in truth not even that, it has been a rough old switchback of a month, one mild sunny day and the next back to snow showers. <br />
We have snow forecast on the tops again tonight. So I have let other things dominate my time and energy; but the balance must shift back now and 'just get another layer of fleece on and get out there woman!'<br />
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I have been around the garden looking for signs of spring and my goodness they are all there. The other evening I had a walk around and several “oh my goodness look at that” experiences. <br />
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White Daphne mezeron, this just gets better slowly every year and of course a scent to knock your head off. <br />
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The snowdrops and snowflakes are giving way to the daffodils, and this year more than any other I have loved taking the daffodils indoors to watch the buds open. They are wonderfully cheerful. <br />
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Some nice crocus tomassinianus here and there, but for every ten we plant, the mice and voles find and eat nine. Still onwards and upwards, and let’s hope they have a population collapse this year..…the mice not the crocus. <br />
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The Rhododendron praecox has defied all the odds and has avoided the frost on its ridiculously early blossom. It is a wonderful cloud of violet purple. Bravo. <br />
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Hellebores are everywhere. Where we remember, or when they look too spotty, we cut the old leaves off and that lets the flowers show off really well and the new leaves seem to accelerate through. All sorts of flowers; doubles, dark and pale singles, white and spotty ones and some robust excellent hybrids like ericsmithii. Such great garden value.<br />
<em>Margaret Davidson</em><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6502898979441936964.post-2078100479791939082015-03-30T10:49:00.001+01:002015-03-30T11:04:52.622+01:00Abriachan Hydro scheme - March UpdateDespite a cold, occasionally wintry month…there has been really good progress with the new Abriachan hydro scheme. <a href="http://lochnessgarden.blogspot.com.au/2015/03/a-new-abriachan-hydro-scheme.html" target="_blank">(Click here to read the first explanatory blog post)</a><br />
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The cement arrived for casting the base for the turbine and was pumped over the stream ( the Kilianan) by a 120ft long elephant’s trunk. <br />
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The turbine building has been making steady progress and walls all in now. <br />
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The pipe to carry the water was welded together in sections and dragged down the hill to lie in its ditch like a giant black anaconda. <br />
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And most exciting, the new 99kw turbine arrived on a very sophisticated lorry and was craned into the new building and connected. The old turbine made its way out on the same day and was trucked away. A small wistful glance from us all watching it go, when it operated well it was a good friend. <br />
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So, so far, good progress but quite a bit to go yet. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6502898979441936964.post-18271372968303063552015-03-09T23:42:00.000+00:002015-03-09T23:42:50.629+00:00A New Abriachan Hydro Scheme<br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">When we came to Abriachan in 1983 there was a small hydro
electric scheme operating.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The stream it ran off is the Kilianan and has a
fantastic 100ft plus head of water. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The scheme was put in in the late 1940’s, by the then owners
the Woodwards<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and was installed by an
engineer relative of theirs, Mr Mackenzie. He ran an ice factory in Inverness
and was obviously very able and put the scheme together. <br />The piping was sources
from pipes that were laid around Inverness in the 2<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">nd</span></sup> world war to
provide emergency water supplies, when needed. Real post war imagination and
innovation.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">It gave about 20KW and was a Gilkes of Cumbria turbine. That
was more than enough for our house and the nursery for about 9 months of the
year </span></div>
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">We kept the system going for quite a number of years, but
the age of the systems and the increasing costs of repairs made it increasingly
uneconomical, and we closed the system down in about 2005.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">And then along came support for renewable energy and feed in
tariffs and the whole economics of small hydro schemes changed. And now, <a href="http://www.dhghydro.com/abriachan.html" target="_blank">DHG (Dulas) hydro is installing a new hydro scheme</a> in the Kilianan. The design and
capacity is now more advanced and it will be producing up to 100kw and feeding
electricity into the grid.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It should be
up and operational by the end of 2015.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">All very exciting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
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</span>Lots of folks are asking what’s going on….so here is the keep up to date
space.</span><br />
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<o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><em>Margaret Davidson</em></span></o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;">The </span><a href="http://www.lochnessgarden.com/catalogue/catindex.htm" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">New 2015 Plant Catalogue</span></a><span style="font-size: large;"> for Abriachan Nurseries is now online and landing on doorsteps around the country.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;">We hope you enjoy this years selection, the plants we list in our catalogue have proven their worth as good garden plants, or are part of one of our collections such as </span><a href="http://www.lochnessgarden.com/catalogue/htmcatalogue/2015%20Auricula.htm" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Auricula</span></a><span style="font-size: large;"> & </span><a href="http://www.lochnessgarden.com/catalogue/htmcatalogue/2015%20F-H.htm#H" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Helianthemum</span></a><br /><span style="font-size: large;">
We also like our plants to have a little “je ne sais quoi” whether that be lovely scent, a flash of subtle colour, or just looking right in the place or association where they grow.<br /></span></span><span style="font-size: large;">Click here to <a href="http://www.lochnessgarden.com/catalogue/getpapercat.htm" target="_blank">download the pdf</a> of the catalogue</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">And my garden ideas for this year, I am going to re-read the books of Christopher Lloyd. As his years matured he introduced more colour into his garden. And that is where I am in 2015, the year of colour. I love annuals and will be planting all I can, additionally Dahlias and Lilies and who knows what else. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Watch our Flickr site and my blogs for ideas and progress. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I am also working up some “planting recipes“, a selection of gardening ideas for you to consider trying, along with instructions and prices. They will be on our web site. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Good gardening</span><br />
<em><span style="font-size: large;">Margaret Davidson</span></em>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6502898979441936964.post-52981225458924851462015-02-09T05:03:00.004+00:002015-03-02T00:09:44.696+00:00A snowy Spring<br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Of course it is magic and tomorrow we are promised winter
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Activity levels are pretty high. Hamish has been cutting
down and chipping trees, in preparation for the start of the new hydroelectric
scheme that will be installed by Dulas. All rather exciting and I will tell
that story soon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Donald has been tidying
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Considering the post-Christmas gales we got off lightly……a
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The warm dry autumn means that colours and displays are wonderful. Nerine and Colchicums and Schizostylis are providing vivid colour; Rudbeckia, grasses and Kniphofia are giving form and interest and everywhere the autumn colours are coming in slow and steady. </div>
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The Sun loving Rock Roses <br />
The rock roses have always been favourites of our and a <a href="http://www.lochnessgarden.com/catalogue/htmcatalogue/2014%20F-H.htm#H" target="_blank"><em><span style="color: black;">look at our catalogue will show a whole range of varieties to choose from</span></em></a><em><span style="color: black;">.</span></em> <br />
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We love them because they thrive in our sandy, sunny beds and look just wonderful when the sun comes out through June and July. The yellow form is one of our native plants and that would explain a lot. <br />
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They grow fast and have a great mat-forming habit that excludes weeds. What more can you ask? Well to top it all they really put on a great show. <br />
A couple of years ago we; well Donald really; decided we needed a new wall in the car park area and once neatly finished, we discussed what to grow there. Of course we could plant a new rockery, but knowing all too well how difficult it can be to keep up with weeding we came around to a Helianthemum wall. It is a great success as you see. <br />
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My favourites are the vivid orange colours such as Henfield Brilliant and the rich yellows, like Sterntaler, but there are days when the clear pink of Rhodanthe Carneum,. Or the modest double pink flowers of Annabel attract the eye. <br />
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There was a range of Helianthemum named for some of Scotland’s highest mountains, the Bens. Hence we have Ben Macdhui and Ben Mhor and Ben Ledi etc. You can collect them after you climb them <br />
Two other Scots specials are Broughty Beacon and Broughty Sunrise, both named for an area of Dundee and they really do have the bright flickering colours of the ends of the day as they would be seen along the Firth of Tay. <br />
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Maybe the manufacturers of Iron Brew should sponsor a new variety as that particular orange would look very well as a rock rose colour. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6502898979441936964.post-51671337472496241912014-07-25T12:51:00.000+01:002014-07-30T13:03:10.366+01:00Midges - Scotland's worst kept secretMidges...Scotland's worst kept secret...but people still often looked surprised when first bitten.<br />
Yet they are rather like childbirth, you forget about them when they are not about.<br />
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Well today is really odd...28 degrees in Scotland and no midges on 25th July.</div>
It is too hot for them!<br />
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These are the three best things.......if it is too hot or too cold or too windy then - NO MIDGES.<br />
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And what a relief. I get pretty sulky some evenings because I know we can't eat outside, as before we are even 20 minutes in, they will arrive en masse as uninvited dinner companions.<br />
One of the best things about being on holiday in Australia or New Zealand is that you can eat outside, or even simply have the windows wide open in the evenings.<br />
If the House & Garden magazines are to be believed, you can eat outside in the evenings in the cities and also sometimes in the stylishly quaint villages, I suppose there is less vegetation...but you definitely cannot do it in a garden close to water...so that us out, or rather in!<br />
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So how do we live with them?<br />
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Well you do get used to them. So for instance if you are out for a walk, you do just that, keep moving briskly. That leaves them behind...except for the odd persistent one.<br />
You use midge repellent and over the years we have tried them all. The citronella ones, the ones based on bog myrtle, that smelt nice and the ones with evil sounding DEET as the insecticide ingredient.<br />
I can't say I have been impressed with any of them.<br />
Having said that I am currently using one called SMIDGE.......it is the best yet and does seem to help. I just don't like using anything chemical on my skin too often.<br />
This smidge has been researched and formatted by the guys behind the <a href="http://midgeforecast.co.uk/" target="_blank"><span style="color: black;">Scottish midge forecast</span></a> ..so maybe they do know a thing about the wretched blighters<br />
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The other and preferable method of protection is the midge hood. This is a fine mesh hood , that keeps them out and you can see through.<br />
Of course it darkens the world and gets a bit hot and sweaty after a while, but basically works well. They work well and we have had a couple for some years now, and still going strong.<br />
When our daughter Cathy came back from working in Canada she bought a gift of a full ...or any way half-body net protector.<br />
This will be designed for mosquitoes; and the mossies in the Arctic Circle do sound like man-eaters . It works well and Donald as you see rather suits it. However I have seen more than one startled visitor come across him suited up in the garden.<br />
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Beyond that, tuck your trousers in your socks, wear long sleeved and high necked tops, all methods not really designed for the heat and so it is as well they go away over about 25 degrees.<br />
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There is also the midge catcher idea and I recall we bought one about 6 years ago. It only works, and only partially and over a small area and you have to keep replacing the propane gas as it is the CO2 they are attracted to. We gave up on that. Jo who works for us always offers to do any summer barbeques...as the smoke is a great midge repellent. Of course she will end up smell like a smoked kipper, but you cant have it all ways.<br />
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But don't let the rotten old midges put you off coming to Scotland,. Some years are worse than others and this summer is pretty good. But if you wonder why Highlanders retreat indoors and close the windows on summer evenings...now you know.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6502898979441936964.post-41685135732331828182014-07-03T05:49:00.004+01:002014-07-03T05:54:25.826+01:00The Year of The PoppyBack in winter I clearly recall saying to Donald <em>”This is 2014 and if ever there was one, this is the year of the poppy”</em> <br />
And so it is. We have the 100 year anniversary of the outbreak of the 1st world war, and as August approaches we will all be swept up in the reflection and memories that the date and its attendant ceremonies will awaken. <br />
Anyone of my post 2nd world war generation will be steeped in family stories and memories of the 1914-1918 war. They were 50 year old memories when I was a teenager, and my grandfather was gone, at a younger age than necessary as the long shadow of the trenches and gassing and the whole experience took its long slow toll on many British men. <br />
The memories and reflections have freshened in recent years, and the annual Memorial Day ceremonies are now very well attended, and red poppies are a potent symbol in our lives. <br />
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Looking around the nursery and the garden, it has been surprising and pleasing to see the range of poppies we grow and Donald has responded to my never ending desire to add more. <br />
I’ll keep the reporting coming over the summer and autumn as they come into flower, but here is the first instalment and they look terrific. <br />
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<a href="http://www.lochnessgarden.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: black;"><strong><span style="font-size: large;">Californian Poppy</span></strong> <em><span style="font-size: large;"><strong>(Escholtzia californica)</strong></span></em></span></a><br />
These are fabulous and without peer on a warm sunny day. We grow the single orange, no mixtures or frilled varieties as I find they just do not have the impact and sheer exuberance of the orange. They now self-seed for us, and that gets things moving after a mild winter. <br />
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A favourite as we used to grow lots in The Falkland Islands, where they seemed to thrive on cool summers and sea spray. Well they would wouldn’t they. <br />
Best grown as seed & growth year 1 (sown in March/April or even May) and up to flower year 2. A good percentage carries on into years 3 and 4. <br />
They make really good cut flowers, plunge them into a deep jug of water.<br />
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Tough, easy to grow poppies. We like to create areas of the garden where they are all yellow or all orange, and I love the red ones that pop up unexpectedly in many corners. Very tolerant of woodland shade and hence extremely useful to brighten dull corners. <br />
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These are the huge early summer poppies. They have large heads and centres of quivering black stamens. All colours are wonderful, but the reds and pinks stand out for us with performance and you have to love the huge whites with black thumb prints at the base of the petals and the striking black centres. Feed well and have a nearby perennial or some annuals to take over the space as these die down. Show stoppers!<br />
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<a href="http://www.lochnessgarden.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: black;"><strong><span style="font-size: large;">Himalayan Poppies</span></strong> <strong><span style="font-size: large;"><em>(Meconopsis)</em></span></strong></span></a><br />
Any gardener will have heart stopping moments of pleasure when they see these superb blue poppies growing well. We have acid sandy soil, and provided we keep them well fed, and watch they do not dry out, these aristocratic, elegant plants do wonderfully well for us. <br />
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There are a range of cultivars and some very nice coloured variants like Hensol Violet. <br />
I’ll try and guide you through them and all our other poppies, including the fabulous ladybird poppies, in another Blog another time. <br />
MDUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6502898979441936964.post-74178533456929578752014-06-25T10:15:00.001+01:002014-07-08T02:14:28.217+01:00Match your friends to an auricula name.<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><strong>When giving a plant as a gift to a friend, I have always enjoyed trying to match up the name of the plant to the recipient.<br />
I thought I would put together a selection of ideas for Primula Auricula which have some wonderfully varied and inventive descriptive names.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></strong></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">FOR YOUR FRIEND WHO LOVES ALL CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL:</span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><em>Bookham Firefly, Chaffinch, Cuckoo Fayre, Eden Goldfinch, Eden Greenfinch, Greenpeace, Green Parrot, Hetty Wolf,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> Kingfisher, </span>Laverock Fancy (A Laverock is a Lark), Mersey Tiger, Piglet, Queen Bee, Skylark, Snooty Fox, Snowy Owl, Starling, Tawny Owl, Tay Tiger, <b><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span></span></b>The Raven</em></span></span><a href="http://www.lochnessgarden.com/" target="_blank"><img alt="Abriachan Nurseries Primula Auricula" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8D-F4aoUmEaWUXQgp_ovIurtBW-leUEfcE_rSdCUyhFsXm0c1E8fF2UUFOeQjUWAVdf2QY1IabU2sThR2sTeMqzNlErsvitPGlDG3WGRCkWpTzv_1VpzTpxn6dLWBoOtE17lc69rTSC88/s1600/Collage+-+Auricula+Animals+-+500.jpg" title="Abriachan Nurseries - Primula Auricula Animal Names" /><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><b><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span></span></b></span></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">FOR YOUR DELICIOUS FOODY FRIENDS:</span></b></span><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><em>Blackcurrant, Butterwick, Brownie, Caramel, Cherry, Cinnamon, Curlie Wurlie, Curry Blend, Honey, Hopley’s Coffee, Lemon Sherbet, Mandarin, Old Mustard, Pink Fondant, Pumpkin, Rosemary, Salad, Stromboli</em></span></span><a href="http://www.lochnessgarden.com/" target="_blank"><img alt="Abriachan Nurseries Primula Auricula" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPQyd50BTsi0tk8kVmQZtRJVieJENmDqtS0hMucdzFtjk2y6qnzJJiEprPD98in-wYkqRrRsRI6P-ME_2fR_NH4CXbmIIaom0Z4ZjbBGDKEEauc00FhDa2MSD3FXO6T5H8ADFz1UV4cjEd/s1600/Collage+-+Auricula+Food+-+500.jpg" title="Abriachan Nurseries - Primula Auricula with Food Names" /></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">FOR THE STYLISH FASHIONISTAS:</span></span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><em>Blue Bonnet, Blue Jean, Blue Velvet, Chamois, Doublet, Headdress, Leather Jacket, Pinstripe, Royal Velvet, Taffeta</em><b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b></span></span><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 8pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">FOR YOUR FRIEND THE ROYALIST:</span></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><em>Grey Monarch , Holyrood, Kingcup, Old Gold, Pharaoh,
Queen Alexander, Queen Bee, Rajah, Royal Velvet, The Czar</em></span></span></span><br />
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<b><span style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">FOR THE ROMANTIC, OR MAYBE FOR SOMEONE YOU WOULD LIKE TO WOO:</span></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Angel Eyes, Blossom, Blush Baby, Cutie Pie, Dark Eyes, Dusky Maiden, Favourite, Lovebird, Rosebud<b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">FOR THE AFICIONADO OF MYTHS AND LEGENDS:</span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Astolat (Legendary city in Arthurian legends), Excalibur, Fiddler’s Green (Legendary afterlife), Golden Fleece, Golden Hind, Guinea, Nymph, Old England, Old Gold, Remus, Sword </span><br /><strong>
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></strong></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">OR SCI-FI / </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">GAME OF THRONES FANS</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">:</span></strong></span><br />
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<b><span style="color: black; font-size: 8pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">FOR THE ROUGH AND THE TOUGH</span></span></b><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">:<br />
</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Border Bandit, Charles Bronson, John Wayne, Geronimo, Raleigh Stripe, Red Gauntlet, Rodeo , Sherwood, Super Para, Sword<b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b></span></span></div>
<a href="http://www.lochnessgarden.com/" target="_blank"><img alt="Abriachan Nurseries Primula Auricula" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_PJFyjALctT4cLyAhdSt36p0HajntKAjq-PC7mKajKdU5PuPsAyEp3_6rB2ZvrhccqT2wOL0PRhbcoN2XJ9FzkUmtet2LfrD0ZWWUbMzxr1ImVh_q9tOCIjwo8CJ7ZdH7CMRHlkiWwmg_/s1600/Collage+-+Auricula+Tough+-+500.jpg" title="Abriachan Nurseries Primula Auricula Rough & Tough" /></a><br />
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<b><span style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">FOR YOUR FAVOURITE CULTURE VULTURE:</span></span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Chorister,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> Doublure (bookbinding), </span>Galen (Greek Philosopher), Marmion (Poem by Walter Scott), Margot Fonteyn, Red Gauntlet (Novel by Walter Scott), Sugar Plum Fairy, Tarentella, Tosca, Wedgewood<b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b></span></span><br />
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<b><span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">SCOTTISH ROOTS:</span></span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Glenelg, Portree, Slioch, Gizabroon (maybe not a real word, but it sounds Scottish to me), Sandwood Bay, Tummel</span><b><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><br />
</span></b></span><b><span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">ENGLISH HERITAGE:</span></span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></span></b><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Butterwick, Southport, Brookfield, Finchfield, Idminston, Lepton’s Jubilee, Minley,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Trafalger Square, Yorkshire Grey, Sherwood, Old Suffolk Bronze, Rabley Heath, Shalford, Southbarrow, Walton Heath<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">IRISH ORIGINS:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Fiddler’s Green, Green Isle, Nantenan, Old Irish Green, Old Irish Scented<b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: small;">FROM WIDER AFIELD:</span> </span></span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></span></b><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Brazil, Everest Blue, Mojave, Prague, Zambia<b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Of course you might hit lucky and have a friend who is a Mary or a Sandra and they can plant a little bit of themselves in the garden.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here are some more possible match-ups:</span></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Alicia, Adrian, Beatrice, Helen, Erica, Greta, Joyce, Delilah, Joannie, Ling, Margaret, Mary, Nigel , Peggy, Rene, Rufus, Rosemary, Sandra, Sheila, Sirius, Tim, Trudy, Winifred<b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">And a lot less likely, but maybe you hit the coincidence jackpot and have a friend with the same name as the original person whom the auricula was named after</span></span></b><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">:<br />
</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Alice Hayson, Bill Bailey, Bob Lancashire, Douglas Black, Ellen Thompson, Fanny Meerbeck, Fred Booley, Joan Elliot, Karen Cordrey, Lee Paul, Lisa Clara, Lucy Lockett, Margaret Faulkner, Matthew Yates, Neville Telford ,Piers Telford, Rachel Kinnen, Sarah<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> Lodge </span><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></div>
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<strong>And if nothing else quite matches, why not go with the most simple statement of all:</strong><br />
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Primula Auricula My Friend!<br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><strong><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><em><br />As a wee disclaimer, I have no idea as to the original eponyms and no offence is intended by my classifications. <br />CD</em></span></span></strong><strong> </strong></span></span></span></div>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6502898979441936964.post-91804410675201519242014-06-04T11:58:00.000+01:002014-06-10T00:57:11.991+01:00After The Show<o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I</span></o:p><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">t is always a little sad as you take down the Auricula theatre for the year. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">However, I don’t think the auricula are sad.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>By mid-May they enjoy the move to a shady cooler place, and it gives us the chance to do the satisfying job of returning everything to alphabetical order and filling in gaps.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Ah if only life were always that simple. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Looking back, what were the stars of the show this year?<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Well amazingly, the greens and the white edged. That’s right, the most difficult put on the best show. <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Look at Teem, and Hetty Wolf and Bob Lancashire and Minley.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The spot light is regularly on gold centred alpines, Rodeo and Snooty Fox and Merridale are all so bright as to startle.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"></span></span> <span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">In recent years some of the doubles have also been very popular.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Like Mary and Gwen Baker, Fred Booley and Excalibur.</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Excaliber</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lord Saye en Sele</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Finally this year some of the old favourite Border varieties were just wonderful.</span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I have never seen Old Irish Scented looking so well; Paradise Yellow flowered outstandingly for a month and Chamois and Bradmore Bluebell were beautiful enough to inspire poetry.</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Old Irish Scented</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Paradise Yellow</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bradmore Bluebell</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Finally we had one late flowering new Border, Cloudy Bay. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Astonishing. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">It brings to mind all of that imagery of New Zealand wine and scenery.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Looking forward now to our next holiday and next years Theatre.</span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Margaret</span></span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6502898979441936964.post-82286818151038129362014-02-24T03:09:00.000+00:002014-02-24T03:31:40.520+00:002014 Catalogue - Now Online<br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">So our daughter Cat and her partner Brad are on The Falkland
Islands…that is bringing back so many memories. Memories of the Camp, the
wildlife and the vivid gardens full of sun loving annuals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The Falkland Islands were sunny, cool and windy too of
course but I remember many, many sunny days.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The new <a href="http://www.lochnessgarden.com/catalogue/catindex.htm" target="_blank"><strong>2014 catalogue</strong></a> cover that Cat has done is great, showing three
wonderful Falkland icons , Rockhopper Penguins, Islander planes and the
Falkland island slipper plant Calceolaria fothergillii.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Our trips to New Zealand continue too, and so our love
affair with the southern hemisphere goes on. </span></div>
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Back here On Loch Ness it has been an extraordinary mild
winter. We have been spared much of the rain and storms that have plagued the
south of England and Wales. It will be very interesting to see how things grow
away, with so little check to their growth.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The February garden at Abriachan is a delight of snowdrops, snowflakes
and the Daphne bholua sends a long trail of intoxicating scent along the
pathways. The evergreens are slick and healthy and the flower buds on the
Rhododendrons and Camellias are fat and full of promise, the soil is heaving
with bulbs emerging as we move the leaf fall aside. </span></div>
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Spring is on the move.</span><br />
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Margaret<br />
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<a href="http://www.lochnessgarden.com/catalogue/catindex.htm" target="_blank">View our 2014 Plant Catalogue Online</a><br />
<a href="http://www.lochnessgarden.com/catalogue/getpapercat.htm" target="_blank">Download the 2014 Plant Catalogue</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6502898979441936964.post-2322516742413163352013-09-14T12:19:00.005+01:002013-09-14T12:23:27.343+01:00Autumn Shrub Sale - 2013<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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How can I be sure that this is spring?<br />It is warmer, yes. The beautiful but icy grip of the Scandinavian anticyclone is loosened. </div>
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It is dry, surprisingly so and distant hills have smoke patches every day as estates start the moor-burning season. It keeps the fire services busy and hopefully will be finished before the grouse and other ground nesters start to build.</div>
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No, the real reason I know is that my muscles ache and I have the oddest twinges. Such is age and a soft winter.</div>
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My waistline is definitely broader and after about 15 minutes of wheel barrow and lifting work, I am starting to think about the next tea break.</div>
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This last winter I suddenly decided after years of neglect, that my family needed cake. Well yes, I can still bake, but it will have to stop!</div>
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Spring also brings that restlessness that sees every messy corner and cobweb. A brisk walk around, shows up the leaves that have not been lifted, the jumble of pots in odd corners, and the grassed up areas you meant to deal with last July. </div>
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And look under the leaves of Epimediums or winter green ferns and there is my old friend ground elder and yes, the dandelions and bittercress have gained volume over this last week.</div>
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Overwhelmed and slightly panicky…it must be spring . The only defence is to lift your eyes and enjoy the hazel catkins, the first primroses and the wonderful snowdrops. </div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Let’s walk up through the garden, Donald is working in the bed by the cemetery, which is one of a remarkable 14 beds that he and Hamish have renewed this winter. He is tidying round the entrance sign and digging in homemade compost to restore some of the fertility that years of growing has taken out. Now we are forming our ideas for these beds (A job I can only get them to concentrate on after supper). Renewal is always good for the soul.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Now up the steps, and looking over to the left is a very nice area of <em>Galanthus atkinsii</em>. It is doing well next to the wall; large<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>slender flowers, of good shape and substance, characterised by a prominent green horse-shoe mark on the petals. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">We now walk up the steps and past the <em>Iris reticulata George.</em> This is a <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>reliably perennial early iris, along with <em>Katherine Hodgkin.</em> Both are doing well in this well drained sunny bed. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Pause before you leave this are and smell the amazing Sarcocca flowers. This winter flowering evergreen shrub takes a while to settle and grow away, but is worth the waiting. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Now we climb the curving paths and up into the upper parts of the garden. The evergreen shrubs are glistening in the afternoon sun, the variegated hollies looking particularly fine. The Hellebores are sending up their new flowerbeds and will be fine sight soon. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Up past the willow basket planting of <em>Galanthus Magnet</em>, a fine, large flowered snowdrop variety and into areas where plantings of <em>Galanthus nivalis,</em> the common snowdrop are beginning to bulk up nicely and make an impact. Having visited old estate and castle gardens I realise it will take 100 years to attain those wonderful drifts of snowdrops on banks and stream side, but we have made a good start, and now, 10-15 years on they are looking well. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><strong><span style="font-size: large;">Late Winter Garden Walk</span><br />
Sunday 24th February - 2pm<br />
Join Margaret at Abriachan Garden Nursery for a late winter & snowdrop walk through the woodland garden with hellebores, early bulbs, iris, aconites, snowdrops, winter trees and shrubs. <br />
Enjoy the sights, sounds and smells of the start of spring in the garden.<br />
Tea and cake to follow<br />
Adult = £5 RHS Member = £4 Children (Under 12) = Free<br />
Please call to confirm attendance so we know how much cake we need (01463 861 232)</strong></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva";">So, how did that happen? Suddenly it is 30 years on. <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva";">I believe gardens are always a reflection of their owners and we are no different. We have lived overseas in New Zealand and the Falklands and we grow plants from both places as they mean something to us and also do pretty well in our climate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Living in Scotland we must accept the limitations of the weather, but nevertheless we find ourselves pushing the boundaries of hardiness all of the time. <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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The sunlight came across the Loch and lit up all the golden yellow and glistening dark green of evergreens. It rained overnight and drops of water were glistening along branches and giving a zest to the air.<br />
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It has been cold this past week and grey, so to see so many shrubs with flower is a real lift for the sprit. <br />
The early Witch Hazel, <em>Hamamelis x intermedia Pallida</em> is wonderful. It is close by the house, looking magnificent against a blue winter sky. <br />
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Walking through the garden yesterday, it is always a surprise how good the moss looks on the stone walls. When the leaves are off the trees, the moss seems to take centre arena and is a perfect foil for winter blooms and early bulbs. <br />
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I walked up through the steps and into the woodland, elated to see the upright stems and flowers of <em>Mahonia x media</em> Charity. These branches pull the arch of the sky down within reach. <br />
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The <em>Sarcococca confusa</em>; sweet box; behind the Font Stone wall brought a gasp of pleasure as I have never seen it looking so well and with lots of the small dizzily, fragrant flowers amongst the leaves. <br />
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The final surprise yesterday was Ilex…..a wonderful variegated holly…..dripping with berries and outlined against the sky. <br />
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It’s good to be home and how great is it that our garden greets us with such splendour.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6502898979441936964.post-71765937806361693472013-01-08T01:02:00.000+00:002013-02-07T03:58:16.190+00:00Love (and a garden) in a Warm Climate<div>
Our daughter Elizabeth has a garden at Lyttleton on the South Island of New Zealand.</div>
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It is an overused word, but her garden really is ' lovely'<br />
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Lyttleton is a quirky village ....lots of old characterful wooden houses, arranged around the slopes of a volcanic harbour. At the bottom of the hill is the port for Christchurch. <br />
The busy Port and the comings and goings of container ships and ferries make Lyttelton a real lively place.</div>
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Lizzy's garden is a real cottage garden in all senses, though without livestock as yet.</div>
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She has bowers of roses and native plants side by side, and beds of annuals and old fashioned flowers like columbines next to lush rows of potatoes and beds of silver beet and kale. Leeks and many coloured lettuce and fruit bushes backing up and filling border gaps.<br />
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If Lizzy has learnt anything from her nurserymen parents, it is to feed and to make compost, both of which she does.</div>
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New Zealand is blessed with warm summers and mild winters, but with enough of a chill in the winter to ensure the plants have a real rest season and know where they are.<br />
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Elizabeth has also learnt our love <span class="ecxApple-style-span"> of annuals and the garden is hence ensured of </span><span class="ecxApple-style-span">pots of summer colour - cornflowers, pot marigold, cosmos, and </span><span class="ecxApple-style-span">lots of sweet peas.</span><br />
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<span class="ecxApple-style-span">And here and there are the native plants, flax, southern beech, ake-ake. All happy and thriving and full of birds in the early morning and late afternoon. You have to love the liquid notes of the bell birds and the fantails, along side naturalised European birds, the yellowhammers and goldfinches and black birds. </span><br />
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<span class="ecxApple-style-span">She has to water a lot with the dry New Zealand winds and strong strong sunlight. This will become less as she builds up the humus and fertility in the soil.</span><br />
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<span class="ecxApple-style-span">Whilst deadheading in Lizzy's garden today, It struck me that it is the job of every gardener to pass on their soil in better condition than they found it. Viva la compost!</span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com11Lyttelton, New Zealand-43.6032583 172.71932270000002-43.6492538 172.63864170000002 -43.557262800000004 172.80000370000002tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6502898979441936964.post-63180889010822211212013-01-02T03:32:00.000+00:002014-07-08T02:08:50.507+01:00A Pohutukawa ChristmasWe are in the South Island of New Zealand again, visiting family and friends for Christmas and New Year and taking every chance to get out into the hills and the native bush.<br />
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We also spend a fair amount of time looking over fences and into people's gardens as we walk up the steep hills here in Lytellton.<br />
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What you notice straight away is that many of the tender summer bedding plants we grow at home in Scotland, do exceptionally well here, in fact they thrive.<br />
Banks of geraniums, vast clumps of pelargoniums, flowering clumps of aeoniums and roses to die for. <br />
The roses, the roses, it makes you understand that many roses really love a milder winter.<br />
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Many of the modern Hybrid T roses look great. In Scotland, Iceberg is a virus ridden, frequently black spotted, defoliated white floribunda, here it is a healthy vigorous shrub and completely reliable white!<br />
David Austin roses are very popular here. I believe that is because many of the repeat flowering modern roses that he raises also love a mild winter.<br />
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Of course, It can get too hot and dry in their New Zealand summers, but they really can't have it all ways!<br />
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The large white scramblers and coloured ramblers are magnificent, as you can see.<br />
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Oh my, it does inspire you to have another go, and hope and hope that we get that long overdue good summer. To dream<br />
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<span style="color: blue;">A link to </span><a href="https://soundcloud.com/lindonpuffin/pohutukawa-xmas-lindon-puffin" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">A lovely song about a sunny kiwi christmas by a talented family friend</span> </a></div>
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