- Joined
- Wednesday September 22, 2010
- Location
- West Lothian
I have often wanted to visit this garden, but never got around to it. I know that it is a long way away, but it is not that far from my in-laws so when my family and I were down visiting them in October of this year I decided to pop over there.
The weather in October was very wet, but luckily the day I went over there it was mainly sunny. I am not sure how busy it can get in the summer, but when I was there I only saw 2 other people in the garden and it felt like I had the whole place to myself, it was great!
I first went into the walled garden where they have what are believed to be possibly the largest Cordylines on the UK mainland.
I then found this rather interesting looking Magnolia
It had some very peculiar looking seed pods on it
They had some lovely big old large-leaved Rhododendron (I always read that these like shade, but these were in the sun)
Great looking plants if you have the room
The first very healthy looking Cordyline indivisa I saw in the garden
I am not sure what this tree is, but it looked great!
A very healthy looking Blechnum cycadifolium
The second indivisa...
There were plenty of Dicksonia antarctica in the garden, although I did notice that quite a few of them had not come back
Another big, old DA
The Gunnera bog, the trees in the background act as a wind break and you can see why it is so sheltered in the garden itself when you think this is looking due west
This is looking back into the walled garden
I am pleased that I made the effort to go over to the garden and I still find it hard to get my head around the fact that it is in Scotland!
The weather in October was very wet, but luckily the day I went over there it was mainly sunny. I am not sure how busy it can get in the summer, but when I was there I only saw 2 other people in the garden and it felt like I had the whole place to myself, it was great!
I first went into the walled garden where they have what are believed to be possibly the largest Cordylines on the UK mainland.
I then found this rather interesting looking Magnolia
It had some very peculiar looking seed pods on it
They had some lovely big old large-leaved Rhododendron (I always read that these like shade, but these were in the sun)
Great looking plants if you have the room
The first very healthy looking Cordyline indivisa I saw in the garden
I am not sure what this tree is, but it looked great!
A very healthy looking Blechnum cycadifolium
The second indivisa...
There were plenty of Dicksonia antarctica in the garden, although I did notice that quite a few of them had not come back
Another big, old DA
The Gunnera bog, the trees in the background act as a wind break and you can see why it is so sheltered in the garden itself when you think this is looking due west
This is looking back into the walled garden
I am pleased that I made the effort to go over to the garden and I still find it hard to get my head around the fact that it is in Scotland!