Pretty flowers, climbers and garden railway upgrades

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In the railway garden this week. This garden really comes into its own in the second half of the year with late summer perennials and grasses. There is always something to see but it real yshines from July onwards.

This garden also has the driest conditions in the nursery so we are able to grow Echinacea, eryngium, Baptisa, dianthus, Acanthus, Monarda, Agapanthus (yes all year round outside and it flowers!) and so much more that have never grown well anywhere else in the nursery gardens. Its al about what happens at the roots, especially in winter.


Eryngium agavifolium

Eryngium bourgatii



In the back garden this week ❤


Fences, pergolas, arches, walls, gazebo's, sheds, screening, house walls all make a good support for climbers. With careful planning you can have colour and interest all year round. We have a good selection of climbers and wall shrubs, many of which you can see growing in the nursery gardens and are happy to help you choose the right climber.
Clematis - spring, early and mid summer flowering
Hydrangea petiolaris
Chaeneomeles - 3 varieties in pink, red and white
Honeysuckle, scented and evergreen
Purple vine, Vitis Purpurea
Virginia creeper
Ivies - 7 varieties - now don't knock them, I know they get a bad rap, but our well behaved varieties will give you evergreen interest all year, especially in winter.


The seed pod and seeds of Fritillaria pallidiflora in the back garden

Latest painting, its not happening very often

Well that was some rain today! We didn't even have to water the plants we were potting. Even in this wet driech weather the gardens look fab, there's so much colour and the smells change, different flowers and plants' scent is more prominent and noticeable in wet weather. The water droplets on leaves and ripples in the ponds. Its all in the little details and the big vistas ❤


It was all go in the railway garden this weekend as youngest Dan and David started some major works on the garden railway. This on going work won't interfere with running days but will add in two new bridges, a new access path, a larger steam up area, a new fence and lots more wee bits and pieces to make the railway run better, be more interesting, and lets be honest it keeps the two of them out of mischief 😃
Despite the wet weather on Saturday and then a drier day todaym Sunday, they got a good start on their task list. I'll post some videos later once I've edited them 🙂



I had a lovely afternoon with Jamie and Natasha, out for lunch for Jamie's birthday at the Coach house in Bridge of Weir, looking at the latest work on the land-rover and identifying more plants in their garden and wedding plans! ❤️ I even survived the Glasgow rush hour on my way back 😳

Teasels in Jamie and Natasha's garden


Save the date for Jamie and Natasha's Wedding



A couple of months ago our lovely neighbour Eileen had the back of her hedge cut back as it was growing out over the back lane which is the access to our house and our other neighbours. This exposed 3 feet of invasive ivy, snowberry and that horrible suckering spirea, weeds and a build up of decades of soil and debris. Last week I finally had time to tackle it as it was offending me 😃 Two evenings last week, most of today, 2 trips to the tip with the woody stuff and 10 sacks of soil in my compost heap sees us gain 3 feet of lane which will make reversing down to the house soooo much easier 😊 now to keep on top of the weeds that will most definitely grow back 😕









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