by GillianPolley | Jan 25, 2013 | berries, Cornus, Daphne bholua, Edinburgh, Hamamelis, January, Malus, Plants, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Sarcococca, shrubs, trees, winter
There is no excuse for a drab boring garden in the winter. Give your spirits a lift and treat yourself to some of these:1. Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Pallida’ (witch hazel) – clusters of sweet scented sulphur yellow flowers on bare twigs from December...
by GillianPolley | Mar 18, 2012 | Daphne bholua, Plants, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Spring
This week I paid a visit to an old friend at the Botanical Gardens in Edinburgh. I go every year in early spring and every year I am never disappointed. The old friend is a lovely specimen shrub of Daphne bholua and at this time of year it is smothered with small...
