Help near plants within Scotland please? Hello Yahooas, I live in the north east of Scotland, amazingly...
Hello Yahooas, I live in the north east of Scotland, amazingly windy at times (Nr Aberdeen) and am wanting some evergreen shrubs for the (large) garden. Did own a beautiful Broom bush until the second gales merely ripped it out. The winter here is so dreary it would be nice to have some greenery/colour wintertime, PLEASE any guidance or ideas greatly appreciated?
no idea matey but hiya from fife!! lol
Escallonia stands up very in good health against strong winds. The small leaves do not mischief easily, it have many branching stems from the stub of the plant so if some suffer storm damage near should always be some plant vanished.
There are lots more that would be suitable, if you walk to the RHS plant selector and enter your requirements it will give you a inventory of plants to choose from.
http://www.rhs.org.uk/rhsplantselector/d...
Answers: Junipers are hugely nice with profoundly of different shapes and textures. Juniperus chinensis Tortulosa is a great adjectives with a twisting guise and large berry (great texture) and the Japanese garden juniper is low and compact but can be trained within cascades if back up to a rock or staked. A fun trick that I enjoyed be to get a collection of three or four deciduous Azalea that come within those nice fire colors, red, orange and pale and mix them into a mass planting. When they gorow in, and when blosseming, it is approaching a fire and very striking. Get some more Cytissus and save them cut back to they stay full but not to lofty as the wood is weak and creamy wind will fluff up them up as you have already experienced. Burkwoods red broom is terribly nice. Chinoides white Rhododendron has a nice branch form and stays low, not taking over your windows and doors holding you prisoner. Rhododendon Impeditum stays to roughly a foot or so in largeness with a wonderful tiny palm leaf and flower (dark purple) and "Starry Night" is as close to a blue (very deep!) as you will ever find surrounded by the Rhodo's. Has little yellow dots resembling stars at night. Don't forget the English Hollies. I use Pyracantha lower than my windows (he he he) and that have a great orange berry set for those dreary winter days. If you are really a devout gardener and you can find it, try Oregon Grape Holly. It has an amazing wood, a deciduous (semi) fern like a holly surrounded by shape, but has huge sets of berries approaching grapes. That one needs protection though, from loop, and shade in the summer but sun within the winter. Hard to grow but if you get the right place you will see it's importance. Also, Cotoneaster is a great shrub with a nice winter appeal (wood have great shape and some well berried) and frequently semi evergreen. I could turn on all sunshine.