Colour, wildlife and feel good vibes in the Gardens

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What's not to love about a fuzzy bee bum? These bees were working hard on the Thyme herba bonara in the herb garden this week. With a garden full of bee and pollinator friendly plants the place is buzzing with happy insects. As well as the bumbles there are honey bees from bee man Jim's hives on the farm here at Whitmuir and many more types of bees that I am not in any way knowledgeable to ID.




 Getting down into the stream garden to get some weeding and tidying done, really gives a totally different perspective of the plants and this garden. It really is a garden of foliage, form and texture with the flowers adding pops of colour through the year from the Epimedium, through to the primulas and then on tot he Iris, Hosta and Ligularias. This garden really does have an exotic jungle feel with the gunnera, large leaved Hostas, Rodgersias and Astelboides. As Viki @ Junkshopantiques said today while viewing it all from the bridge, how do you manage to create an exotic garden here at Whitmuir, clever use of the right plants is how 😃

Astilboides tabularis

Foliage is fabulous, with so many textures, colours and shapes, stream garden

Gunnera manicata

Gunnera manicata

Hosta 'Blue Angel'

Hosta 'Blue Angel'

Primula florindae, stream garden
 
stream garden

stream garden

stream garden

My help in the nursery, hmmmmm




Iris is a genus of 260–300 species of flowering plants with showy flowers and requiring wide ranging growing conditions depending on species. It takes its name from the Greek word for a rainbow, which is also the name for the Greek goddess of the rainbow, Iris. Irises are perennial plants, growing from creeping rhizomes (rhizomatous irises) or, in drier climates, from bulbs (bulbous irises). They have long, upright flowering stems, making them great for upright focal points in the border. The iris genus will cope with anything from baking well drained soil in full sun, to well drained soil in sun to damp, wet and sitting in water, depending on the species. They are a showy and fascinating genus and well worth growing for their lovely flowers in June and July and are also great for pollinators.
Below are some of the Iris growing in the nursery gardens.

Iris 'Silver Edge'

Iris chrysographes 'Black Knight'

Iris pseudacorus

Iris sibirica 'Persimmon'

Iris sibirica 'Chartreuse Bounty'

Iris sibirica 'Flight of Butterflies'


Iris sibirica 'Sparkling Rose'

Iris x robusta 'Gerald Darby'

Just add water! - Independent businesses working together here at Whitmuir. Enamel container by Viki at Junkshopantiques and plants by Quercus Garden Plants. Our customer is going to make this into a water feature and I was able to advise on which water plants would do best from our selection here in the nursery.



Celebrating with Daniel, Happy 21st last night in Linlithgow.
Family time together





Me and my wonderful boys 






Today's pickings from our veg growing in the vertical planter in the nursery. Doesn't matter how small a space you have, you can still grow some really tasty fresh veg for dinner. We are having quiche and salad. Peas and kale for later in the week ❤


Cyclamen

A grand day out on the Strathspey Railway on Tuesday with David and Daniel for Dan's birthday. Great to spend time with my boy. Great weather and Maisie's first trip on a train. A walk along the River Spey before heading home via Pitlochry for fish and chips at the side of Loch Faskaly.


Always get very nostalgic with a steam engine



Dan and Maisie 






A walk along the River Spey











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