Dumfries and Galloway Garden Weekend

[shelagh]

Hi there one and all,

Just wanted you to know we had a wonderful weekend in this lovely corner of Scotland. Excellent company, Ann and Sandy, Liz and Maggie, Abby and Marion.  The Cally Palace Hotel was rated very highly, daren't get on the scales just yet!  Over the next couple of days I hope to give you a flavour of what we saw.  If it had a label I'll name it, if not you'll have to guess. I'm starting with The Crichton garden in Dumfries a peaceful oasis in which to eat our picnic after racing up the M6.

[Maggi Young]

Glad you enjoyed the weekend, Shelagh, thanks for the chance for those of us who missed it to get a flavour.

[shelagh]

Hi Maggi,

Glad you like it, here is the next instalment Glenwhan garden.  Not many I'm afraid I think my camera must have had a snooze.

[Paddy Tobin]

Shelagh,

Obviously beautiful gardens. Many thanks for sharing. The kalmia is particularly lovely.

Paddy

[David Nicholson]

Lovely pictures Shelagh, keep 'em coming. We are taking a break in Dumfries and Galloway in September so it is nice to see what it is like.

[shelagh]

Thanks David,
Here is instalment 3.  Our friend Howard and Judy Humphreys moved to Leswalt near Stranraer 2 years ago. Most of their time has been spent redesigning their house but now they have nearly finished the garden, so you could call it a work in progress.

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Thanks for inviting us to join in Shelagh !
Beautiful pictures and I'm joining Paddy on that stunning Kalmia, it's gorgeous !

[Lesley Cox]

Super pictures Shelagh and what a lovely trip you had. I envy you that lot

May I suggest a couple of names? Pic 1 is, I think, Lilium pyrenaicum. LOvely scent as you walk past it but if you bend down and take a good whiff, it is foul, really sick-making!

I think the second one could be Kalmia angustifolia or a hybrid of it. Lower than the others and very slim leaves.

And if Mark's looking in here, the iris in pic no. 4 is probably I. clarkei or perhaps a hybrid but certainly very close.

Does anyone have a name for that deliciously cool blue flower in pic no 8?

[shelagh]

Hi Lesley,
Thanks for the encouragement.  The cool blue flower was new to us as well.  Rather a scrambler with quite a spiny stem and leaf covering as well, I'd like to know what it was.

Anyway here is the next batch, these are from Logan Botanic and will probably have to come in 3 waves.  I have to say it is one of my favourite gardens.

Shelagh
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[shelagh]

Logan 2nd wave.
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[shelagh]

Logan 3rd wave.
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[shelagh]

Late on Saturday afternoon we visited the Cally Garden Nursery this is based in the walled garden area which used to provide all the produce for the big house, now the Cally Palace Hotel where we stayed.

IT is mostly herbaceous perennials but it was a riot of colour and complete enjoyment for all plats-people.

Shelagh

[shelagh]

Sorry forgot the pictures

[shelagh]

2nd wave of Cally Gardens

[Paddy Tobin]

More wonderful plants, Shelagh.

Many very beautiful but it is the Dictamnus album which catches my eye. I have grown it many times and have always enjoyed it only briefly as it inevitably succumber to winter wet with me. Of course, why it should succeed in Scotland then is a puzzle - world climate change is my excuse. It is years since I tried it; time to try again, I think.

Paddy