The Poultry Keeper

kittoch · Joined: 02 Jul 2005 Posts: 170 Location: glasgow

took a few today of the garden . Smile

sweetcorn

celery

part of veggie patch

meconopsis

trollus

tree ferns

candelabra primula beds

hosta walk

pond

gazebo

moon gate

debcat · Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2007 12:22 am Post subject:

WOW

I love it
Is that a gunnera in the last pic?

kittoch · Joined: 02 Jul 2005 Posts: 170 Location: glasgow

it is................one of 7 i have planted..trying to make a "jungle" walk thru bit with them, but only babies yet..........6ft!! Laughing

milkmaid · Joined: 19 Apr 2005 Posts: 7164 Location: isle of lewis

wow ,you have a lovely garden Cool

mcleod-girls · Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2007 9:39 am Post subject:

fabulous garden Smile

are you quite sheltered? things seem quite far on. beautiful meconopsis Smile

CP · Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2007 10:08 am Post subject:

Lovely garden kittoch! Very Happy

kittoch · Joined: 02 Jul 2005 Posts: 170 Location: glasgow

its not actually that sheltered...............open to the westerlys that blow a gale at times, and also 450ft up in a frost pocket on typical clatchy wet clay!!!

Spana · Joined: 30 Apr 2005 Posts: 2132 Location: North Cornwall

Id like to know what you do in your spare time Laughing

Seriously though, what a beautiful garden and not a sickly plant to be seen. The photos are a joy to look at so it must be wonderful to walk through.
Those candelabra primula are mind blowing. Ive tried a small patch hoping they would seed but the ducks have eaten all the plants. Did you plant in those drifts of colour or have they selfseeded and spread.
I was talking to a chap who has a small nursery down here about Gunnera, telling him that I had bought 2 pot grown plants from elsewhere that had never done much. He said, here, have a cutting off mine, and with a saw hacked me off a great lump from one of his growing at least 12ft tall. I brought it home and just stuck it into the side of the lake and now four years on its beautiful. The other 2 struggle to make 3ft. Laughing

A beautiful garden, I can tell you love working in it Very Happy

kittoch · Joined: 02 Jul 2005 Posts: 170 Location: glasgow

there are a couple of types of gunnera.........some only do 5 or 6ft, manicata (the big one) does a LOT more especially if next to water like yours sounds like..............mine only do ok because of the heavy damp soil, but, would be much bigger next to natural water.
candelabras, i just split, but they seed around merrily too, and am forever digging up loads of seedlings!!

mcleod-girls · Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2007 7:28 pm Post subject:

I have also struggled with primulas, they only seem to last a couple of years then just dont appear the following spring. Sad

yours are breautiful. Smile

kittoch · Joined: 02 Jul 2005 Posts: 170 Location: glasgow

am surprised they dont do up in aberdeenshire, unless a bit dry??..................mine have been here for over 40 years , well the originals ones, and every 5 or 6 years i split some big clumps and sell them at garden charity open days, or replant in spaces in the garden.............of which im running out now!!!

NannyP · Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2007 9:43 pm Post subject:

WOW

Which RHS garden is that?

Seriously lovely photos and lovely garden.
Okay, get over here fast please? I shall not be putting photos of my potager on here Embarassed

kittoch · Joined: 02 Jul 2005 Posts: 170 Location: glasgow

thanks very much. Very Happy

.few more from yesterday......

debcat · Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2007 10:55 pm Post subject:

how do you fit the hens in Rolling Eyes

kittoch · Joined: 02 Jul 2005 Posts: 170 Location: glasgow

in runs in less "picturesque" bits of the garden.
Smile