Scottish Rock Garden Club Forum
Specific Families and Genera => Rhododendron and other Ericaceae => Topic started by: TC on April 16, 2007, 10:13:36 PM
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After leaving Glenwhan, we went to Logan gardens. Although primarily noted for its Southern Hemisphere semi tender plants, they do have a good selection of Rhododendrons and some magnificent Magnolias.
The choice selection of Rhoddies include hybrids Harry Tag and The Duchess of Sutherland, with the species represented by edgeworthii, lindleyi and madennii. It will be a couple of weeks before they are in flower. The pictures attached give an idea of what it was like on Sunday. Again, not all the plants were labelled
Walled garden copy.jpg
General view 2.jpg
Magnolia sprengeri.jpg
Magnolia sprengeri flower.jpg
Magnolia Iolanthe.jpg
Magnolia salicifolia Wada's Memory.jpg
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More pictures. A group of vintage cars turned up as we were leaving. I couldn't resist this old Bugatti.
Rh. Snow Lady and Trillium Grandiflora.jpg
Correa mannii copy.jpg
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Blue Bugatti.jpg
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We took a chance on the weather yesterday and happily, the sun came out for the duration of our stay.
The Rhododendrons were at their peak with only a few varieties still to break bud. The Maddenii 's are probably a week or two from flowering. However it was still a wonderful display. What the pictures cannot show is the fantastic scent from these flowers.
My favourite Rh. was Roylmadd. Combining a cinnabarinum with a glorious scent is, for me, the ultimate Rhoddy. Surprisingly, there were no mecanopsis in flower. The beds had been replanted so I presume that it will take some time for them to settle in.
I have now hopefully sorted out my photoshop problem. It appears that photoshop does not like a picture to be renamed before duplicating and resizing. I had the same problem with the current lot of pictures until I returned them to their original numbers, duplicated and downsized them to find that this worked. The next job is to go back to my pictures I took on our Argyll Rhoddy garden trip and to sort them out for posting. This is a 4/5 hour job !!!!!
Rh. Harry Tag
Podophyllum hexandrum
Primula florindae
Rh. formosum var.formosum
Rh.ciliatum
Lady Alice Fitzwilliam truss
aff. Rh.dendricola 599732
Michelia yunnanensis
Paeonia suffruticosa ssp rockiii
Rh ROYLMADD (Rh. maddenii x cinnabarinum var.roylei Magnificum )
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Some more
Rh. dendricola
Rh. dendricola truss
Rh. Fireball
Rh. fragrantissimum
Rh. Laerdal
Rh. Princess Alice
Rh. Roylmadd flowers
Rh. sesterianum
Rh.ciliicalyx
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Final posting. This contains a picture of the Wollemi Pine - one of a few released to Botanic Gardens worldwide. It is nestling in the shelter of large trees and it should feel at home in a garden dedicated mainly to Southern Hemisphere plants.
Wollemi Nobilis
Rh. johnstoneanum
Rh. edgeworthii flower
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Actually, the Wollemi is in wide release and available now to anyone with a checkbook. I recently saw one in a private garden in Portugal.
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Carlo
It shows what you can get for big bucks !
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Hi Tom,
thanks for showing the pic of the Wollemi Pine; it makes me feel less homesick!
And, yes, it is in wide distribution in Australia now but was initially only released to Botanic Gardens or by auction where it raised thousands of dollars.
You can now buy a small one for around fifty Aussie dollars (approx. ten Cowrie shells) at most large nurseries. Large ones cost a lot more. It's a good example of clever conservation as no one should have to try to collect one from the wild since they are widely available though the retail trade.
cheers
fermi (still in Stockholm but heading for Gothenberg tomorrow)
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Have a wonderful time in Gothenburg, Fermi, it's a super Bot Garden and the people are some of the nicest you'll meet anywhere.... tho' of course, you have already met some at Prague, so you know what I mean... tell 'em all Ian and I were asking for them!
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We had a visit to Logan today for the sake of getting some sunshine - and we did. To my surprise there was still one Rhododendron in flower and this was a new one to me. It was obviously a tender variety flowering so late. Virtually nothing in the way of rock garden plants but colourful none the less.
Rh. kyawii truss
Rh. kyawii new growth
Dahlia bed.
CRINUM X POWELLII ( bulbispernum x moorrei )
Agapanthus flower head
Agapanthus bed
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Some pictures taken yesterday and within the last month. I was happy to see, that at Logan, they have cleared a large area of non-descript shrubs and trees to prepare for a massed planting of maddeni rhododendrons
2008 03 19 Rh.hongkongense
2008 03 19 Rh. chrysodoron
2008 03 19 Logan gardens Mag. campbelli mollicomata Lanarth
Narc. cyclamineous
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Tom - Marvellous pictures and what a climate.
I think there are a few wrong labels there. The Magnolia sprengeri looks like M. x soulangeana. Klondyke and Frangrantissimum are wrong as well.
What an incredible R. edgeworthii!
thanks
johnw
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I am really getting careless in my old age ! In the most recent pictures posted, the campbellii tree is actually sprengeri, I will try to change it after this. I presume that you have just come into this thread as most of it was posted last year and these rhody's will not be in flower until April/May. As to the names, I have taken them off the labels on the plants. These are all produced by the staff of the Royal Botanic Gardens in Edinburgh and in nearly all cases, the plants were grown from collected seed or layered plants in their collection.
Unless it is my mistake in posting the wrong name, I am not about to argue with these people ! I also take a picture of the plant label when I take a picture of the plant. An example of the label is attached
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Tom, I was lusting after that stately magnolia.... then I spotted the little red tractor! OOH, Want one!
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Maggi, If you asked the man nicely,I am sure he would give you a hurl. The sprengeri is a stunner. Unlike most of the mature Magnolias, it flowers profusely on the lower branches which Cindy can reach without a problem. This is always the first Magnolia of the year for us and flowers for about 4/5 weeks barring gales and frosts.
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That's a very beautiful mature Magnolia, Tom. Thanks for the pictures!
then I spotted the little red tractor! OOH, Want one!
And where are you parking it Maggi? Between the Rhodohypoxis maybe? ;D ;D ;D 8)
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Yes, Luit, you have spotted the flaw in my desire :-[ :(
I have always wanted a little tractor... and an earth moving machine... there was a lovely small digger machine working in a garden down the road the other day...
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it was all I could do not to sneak down and steal it while the driver had his lunch break! :o
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Tom - Old age here too. Meant to say Fireball not Klondyke and missed the date.
That Lanarth is quite something. Wish we could grow it but it's far too tender.
johnw
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Maggi, Unlike you, I wanted an Euclid earth mover, with 8 foot diameter tyres and higher than a double decker bus. I had a go at one of these when I used to visit their factory at Tannochside. The sense of power was amazing. I used to have fantasies of driving it down Argyle Street in Glasgow and watching all the other road users fleeing in panic. Then it was back to my little Ford Anglia and being bullied by Rover and Sunbeam drivers.
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Fermi you get about! Are you coming to the UK?
The pine is available at my local garden centre for £100 each. They must have 100 and as far as I can tell none have sold
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opps this is an old post and Fermi is at home LOLLOL
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Yes Maggi, after shoes and chocolate, a little red digger is just what every girl needs. ;D ;D ;D
I actually managed to borrow one a couple of years ago (except it was blue) and what fun my son and husband had with it. How I would have loved to have kept it. What a lot of work you can accomplish as long as you can keep the drivers under control.
Thank you Tom for the photos, I especially love the foliage of R kyawii.
Susan
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We took a chance on Sunday to visit Logan gardens to catch up on the rhododendrons. Due to possible fuel problems, I had to moderate my speed and actually enjoyed the scenery on a warmish, sunny day. The scented rhododendrons were coming into flower and we sniffed our way round. For our antipodean forumnists, some of the plants will be quite familier. They seem to be turning Logan into a mini Tasmania. Our local group of the SRGC had a talk from one of the gardeners from the RBGE on a seed collecting trip in Tasmania, New Zealand and Australia last year. The results of this will be seen at Logan and Benmore in future years.
I believe that he will be working at Dunedin Botanical Gardens for 6 months next year. He was especially taken with Tasmania. He said that they were given every possible facility by the Park Authorities there but in N.Z. they were not allowed to collect any seed in the National Parks and had to rely on private landowners for their goodwill and help - which was given freely.
Tasmanian planting 1.
TASMANIAN PLANTING 2
rhathi.
Rh,. johnstoneanum
Gardens Rh. scopulorum
Rh. johnstoneanum flowers
hedge of rhododendrons
Rh. Harry Tag
Rh. burmanicum 2
Pittasporum tenuifolius
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One more
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Looks to have been a nice day Tom. Petrol supplies here don't seem to be a problem at the moment but prices creeping up-I paid £1.09.99 per litre yeterday at Tesco.
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Just to clarify this Tom, whereabouts was the planting? Was it on the left as you entered the grounds on the hillside?
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Thanks for the Visit Tom
Nice to see that You follow up Your visits in the gardens Year by Year.
Really lovely with magnolias and rhods.
Magnolias are common in Portugal but not so much good rhododendrons so it is nice to see it here.
Thanks for sharing
Joakim
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Just to clarify this Tom, whereabouts was the planting? Was it on the left as you entered the grounds on the hillside?
As you enter the gardens, it is on the hillside to your left. There is a large wooden viewing platform, overlooking the plantings.
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Looks to have been a nice day Tom. Petrol supplies here don't seem to be a problem at the moment but prices creeping up-I paid £1.09.99 per litre yeterday at Tesco.
My problem was that I had a 160 mile round trip with the possibility of not being able to replace the used fuel, due to the Grangemouth strike. As I have a few more trips to make to look at Benmore 3 weeks after my last visit, a visit to Dawyck and some more of the west coast gardens and a visit to the SRGC show in Glasgow, I have to keep an eye on my fuel gauge and where I can get fuel in the country areas.
On a different note, we went to Brodick two weeks ago and it was a bit of a shock. Winter gales had brought down some of the larger trees which sheltered the large-leaved varieties of rhododendron and with the discovery of "sudden oak death fungus", this whole area was sealed off. With the season being about 3 weeks later than last year, there was not much in flower apart from the Magnolias
The prevailing memory was the sound of chainsaws and the smell of burning timber
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There is a large wooden viewing platform
Thanks Tom, it's good to place it in the mind's eye. Presumably this viewing platform is new too, I don't remember it from last year. By the time we come again goodness knows what will have changed!