Hello, here we are into the middle of February. We are taking a look at the plants that are somewhat sickly after the heavy snow we endured in DEC & JAN. It will be interesting to see what has survived.
Generally here in South West Scotland with the Gulf Stream we are not accustomed to such a big Freeze-up!
The snowdrops are looking very pretty carpeting everywhere. The sun has a little bit more strength in it
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I have just completed two Talks on the Garden, at the Edinburgh Botanics for the Caley Lecture, and then to Aberdeen to speak to The Friends of The Cruickshank Garden. Both audiences were excellent and I enjoyed speaking about the Gardens. I also showed slides of China on a 2005 visit there with The International Dendrology Society. If any of you at those lectures read this then thank you for being such good audiences. I saw no-one asleep.
The Gardens this January are a rare and beautiful sight. The Trees hang with glistening snow that has been around for 3 weeks. The longest time in the 30 years since the inception of the Gardens from Moorland. At last the snow has receded after nearly a month of virtually being 'Snowed in' or rather 'Iced in' I think if this is going to be The Norm in South West Scotland (first time in 30 years..) we are going to have to get a 4 wheeled Drive vehicle. A sad thing has happenend with Rhododendron mackinoi . The weight of the snow has split it open in the middle. We have bandaged it up and put in a stake and hope the operation will save it's life. We can but wait and see. The Snowdrops will very soon be carpeting the ground. Brave little flowers.
We are busy clearing away the dross and planning new beds for our 30 -ieth Anniversary. Maturity.Here you can type the beginning of your post. It will be displayed on the main page of the blog.
