Gwenfar's Garden and other musings
Notes on growing ornamentals and edibles, and musings on other matters that interest me.
Have you heard of alpine plants? They are lesser known, even amongst many gardeners. Yet for people with an energy limiting chronic illnesses like ME, alpines are smaller and easier to manage. So let me introduce you to alpines, the …
I have long wanted to create an alpine scree bed, after admiring them elsewhere, such as the alpine scree beds found at Edinburgh Botanical Gardens. Scree beds aim to emulate the rocky sides of mountains, only, in an urban garden. …
Did you know there are alpine clematis? Well, I didn’t, and when I came across this little beauty, Clematis ‘Eleanor’, at a plant fair last year, I was very taken with it. Eleanor grows to only 30cms high and …
Pulsatilla vulgaris ‘Blaue Glocke’ There are so many flowers to love at this time of the year. From small alpines such as Anemonella thalictroides and cyclamen, to the larger daffodils and tulips. And not forgetting all the trees in blossom, as …
Geranium ‘Ann Folkard’ In my post on a moment of observation last week, I mentioned that I was going to start a daily walk around the garden. This is both to encourage myself to get out there, even if only …
As well as growing some alpines in my Alpine Wall, my love of alpines is increasing. So when my Kevin offered to buy me a gardening treat, I pointed him in the direction of this blue alpine planter. Which I …
After visiting Logan Botanic Garden in Dumfries and Galloway, it was quite a change to a week later visit the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. The weather was quite different for a start. At some times it was hard to tell …