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Cirsum rivulare 'Atropurpureum' a wine coloured thistle like plant, tough and easy.  the flowers are about 5 foot tall.  l love it!

My own garden is small and packed. It is at 600 feet above sea level and is mostly on the north side of the house. On a windy day, the trees bend to an alarming degree and the plants hold on for dear life.

There is normally snow visible from the garden until July. On a sunny day it is bliss, especially as we do not suffer from the midges that plague quite a lot of Scotland.

this bed is shady and was dry. it now has a pond liner under it and so i can grow all sorts of moisture loving plants.

The moles come in from the stock field next to the garden and my terrier likes trying to dig them up.

Not very popular as I have to resow a section of lawn every year and she still has not caught a mole. 

She does however keep the garden rabbit free.

My latest problem is pheasants which decimate newly planted herbaceous plants. I have sedums reduced to one leaf. So coming season, I am learning to work with the pheasants.

A tree lupin given to me by a great fiend - I cut it back every year to the ground and so far it has come back year after year - covering the path beautifully!!

I have been gardening at home since I extended the house in 1999.  The soil is extremely poor, I claim it is a glacial moraine and so is very stony.  I have spent a lot of time getting good quality farmyard manure in to the garden to enrich it.  Luckily our cattle produce it regardless.

crambe cordifolia with molospermum pelopenese in the foreground. eupatorium on the left hand side behind blue mirror ball

I am more interested in the plants than in the planting and so it is an eclectic mix.

I pick up plants all over the place and try them out. If they can survive in my garden, I might try them out in one of my client's gardens.

Trollius chinensis  or globeflower - wonderful colour reliable plant a welcome splash of colour
I have a small wooden greenhouse which I love.  This winter I did not heat it and still have more plants than I can cope with.  So a good investment and it gives me a great deal of pleasure.
Wonderful eryngium in alison petrie's garden - great for drying and a prolific self seeder
The Winter of 2010 has been appalling. I will be interested to see what comes up in the coming weeks. Snowdrops peeped up and then disappeared again - I don't blame them. I think we had night time temperatures of minus zero or lower until mid March. No rain though, and only two big dumps of snow!
Blue Foxgloves great for gardening photography and horseriding

Plant supports, garden ties, garden tools for pruning, weeding and planting.