Bob Jones writes: ‘Recently we stayed in Pitlochry, which was overflowing with troughs and hanging baskets celebrating ‘Pitlochry in Bloom’. Cluny House Garden is in nearby Aberfeldy: a major part of the garden is on a steep slope with a safe, way-marked path linked to a handout describing many of the long-established signature trees. Although the gardens have a greater variety of plants in bloom in late Spring / early Summer, there was still much to enjoy in July. Click to enlarge photo.
- Pitlochry in Bloom.
- Monarda didyma (Bee Balm or Scarlet Bergamot)
- A Turk’s Cap Lily or Martagon Lily
- Standing proud: left to right: Verbascum chaixii ‘Album’ (White Mullein), Verbascum nigrum (Dark Mullein) and Echium vulgare (Viper’s Bugloss)
- Ligularia – possibly Ligularia Fischer (Fischer’s Ragwort)
- Seed pods of Cardiocrinum giganteum (Giant Himalayan Lily)
- One of the champion trees in the garden: Sequoiadendron giganteum (The Giant Sequoia)
- Campanula lactiflora ‘White Pouffe’ (Milky Bellflower) with a Common Green Bottle Fly in attendance
- Chelidonium majus (Greater Celandine)
- Probably Trametes gibbosa (Lumpy Bracket); it looks messy, but that doesn’t bother an inquisitive visitor
- Campanula trachelium (Nettle-leaved Bellflower); large trichomes on the corolla distinguish it from other bellflowers
- Telekia speciosa (Yellow Oxeye)
- Persicaria amplexicaulis (Red Bistort)
14. Actaea rubra (Red Baneberry)
- Aconitum napellus (Monkshood or Wolfsbane)
