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Plant of the Day
Tuesday 15 September 2020
Flowering between the foliage of Pulmonaria saccharata Argentea Group (Bethlehem sage) is Colchicum autumnale 'Album' (autumn crocus) with goblet-shaped blooms. The large leaves will appear in the spring and be retained until mid-summer, the plant is then summer dormant. These autumn-flowering bulbs need sun or dappled shade with a free draining moisture-retentive soil.
Jill Raggett
Plant of the Day
Sunday 13 September 2020
At the entrance to the beautiful Arduaine Garden, Scotland, a large shrub covered in scented flowers was greeting visitors, and was most likely Buddleja macrostachya (long spiked butterfly bush). This semi-deciduous shrub is not completely hardy and is best grown in a sheltered, warm location or placed in a glasshouse for protection over the winter.
Jill Raggett
Plant of the Day
Sunday 20 September 2020
The autumn colour foliage of Acer japonicum 'Aconitifolium' (downy Japanese maple, full moon maple) provides a long lasting display. The cultivar name of this large deciduous shrub or small tree refers to the leaves resembling the foliage of the herbaceous plant Aconitum (monkshood). The leaves are rounded, with 7-11 deeply cut main lobes with the originally name being 'maiku jaku', which means ‘dancing peacock’, what a great name!
Jill Raggett
Plant of the Day
Wednesday 16 September 2020
Even when it is not flowering the magnificent foliage of Rhododendron sinogrande (great Chinese rhododendron) adds great texture and drama to a woodland garden. This large evergreen shrub or small tree has leaves up to 50cm in length. In spring there will be large trusses of bell-shaped creamy-yellow flowers with a maroon-blotch.
Jill Raggett
Plant of the Day
Friday 18 September 2020
The double mauve flowers of Colchicum 'Waterlily' (meadow saffron) are blooming at the front of the long border in Arduaine Garden, Argyll, Scotland. They were next to another autumn flowering herbaceous plant Hesperantha coccinea (crimson flag lily, schizostylis). The cormous perennial Colchicum needs space for their large leaves to emerge in the spring.
Jill Raggett
Plant of the Day
Thursday 17 September 2020
The red-purple peeling bark stems of Rhododendron barbatum (bearded rhododendron) provide a year round display. In early spring this evergreen shrub or small tree has dense, rounded heads of bell-shaped, scarlet-red flowers.
Jill Raggett
Plant of the Day
Tuesday 22 September 2020
The late season flowers of Eupatorium maculatum (joe pye weed) were attracting the bumblebees. This tall, architectural perennial has huge heads of dark pink-purple flowers on upright burgundy stems followed by fluffy seedheads that look good well into winter.
Jill Raggett
Plant of the Day
Monday 14 September 2020
In the sheltered woodland garden of Arduaine Garden, Scotland, the small evergreen tree Lomatia ferruginea (fuinque) was growing with its fern-like foliage. This plant originates in Chile and Patagonia and in summer can produce racemes of pale yellow flowers with a red throat.
Jill Raggett
