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Title: Cruickshank Botanic Garden, Aberdeen
Post by: Roma on May 05, 2012, 09:16:09 PM: I retired from working in the Cruickshank Garden 8 years ago but go back occasionally, usually when I take in plants for the twice yearly plant sale.
There was a meeting of the Friends of the Garden on Thursday night. ( Noel Kingsbury - easy care perennials- good talk, excellent speaker).
It was dry though cold and a bit dull but I went in early and had a quick look round the garden while eating a sandwich.
a lovely deep pink form of Erythronium revolutum
Fritillaria meleagris in the alpine meadow, note Narcissus cyclamineus and bulbocodium in the second picture
Fritillaria pallidiflora
Fritillaria pontica 2 pics - I have neve seen such a pale green, almost white.
Lupinus nootkatensis which I introduced to the garden with wild collected seed from ?South West seeds who were at Alpines 91. I did not know at the time that it was naturalised along the banks of the River Dee west of Aberdeen
Title: Re: Cruickshank Botanic Garden, Aberdeen
Post by: Roma on May 05, 2012, 09:26:56 PM: I was intrigued to see three fine plants of Meconopsis dhwojii. I was not sure it was still in cultivation.
Trillium chloropetalum
Rhododendron davidsonianum
Rhododendron 'Obtusum Group'
? hailstones
Two very large old Pieris
An interesting Berberis species ( couldn't see the label)
Title: Re: Cruickshank Botanic Garden, Aberdeen
Post by: Brian Ellis on May 06, 2012, 05:19:34 PM: What amazing foliage on Meconopsis dhowjii Roma, is it a blue one?
Title: Re: Cruickshank Botanic Garden, Aberdeen
Post by: Roma on May 06, 2012, 08:05:17 PM: Quote from: Brian Ellis on May 06, 2012, 05:19:34 PM
What amazing foliage on Meconopsis dhowjii Roma, is it a blue one?
No, Brian. It is yellow and is monocarpic. I have not seen it for a long time. I thought it was one of those which had been hybridised out of existence. I see it was in the last SRGC seed list. I must try it if it is available this year. According to James Cobb it hybridises with napaulensis types and the offspring are sterile. I see I have spelt it wrong. It should be dhwojii.
Title: Re: Cruickshank Botanic Garden, Aberdeen
Post by: Brian Ellis on May 06, 2012, 11:22:16 PM: It must look stunning in flower if it is set against that foliage. Such a shame so many of the nice ones are monocarpic and you have to start again from scratch.
Title: Re: Cruickshank Botanic Garden, Aberdeen
Post by: Lesley Cox on May 07, 2012, 10:20:54 PM: That is a very good patch of Frit. pallidiflora. Wish it would do so well for me. It's one that doesn't much, at all.