Buzzbee's Garden

Hardy fuchsia bought at Tarvit House plant sale in 2007. Should have pinkish white flowers. Sometimes named as...

Purists may be horrified but we have planted a few randommly that we managed to overwinter including: Buds of ma...

Alpine bought from the Kevock stall at the Royal Caley spring show in Edinburgh, 2007.

Grows to 18 inches in 5 years, we are growing it in an alpine trough.

Alpine growing in a trough. Like Thrift.

Bought from Pathead Nurseries, Fife in May 2007 and cut back in containers and kept by the house wall to overwin...

14 tubers rescued from a Council Skip in Autumn 2007 and overwintered under our stair. We don't have a gree...

Another adventure bought from Freuchie Plant Sale in 2007 - a large plant for our small garden - we had unwittin...

Grown successfully in 2007 and added to for 2008.

Bought from Strathkinnes Herbs in April 2007.

This is usually grown as an annual I am told but we have mulched it over the winter 2007/08 to see if we can gro...

'Apricot Delight' - Biennial I had previously grown from seed in an old garden but these originate from ...

We are growing a few varieties including 'Albiflora' and 'Pam's Choice' as well as the strai...

Bought at Freuchie plant sale in June 2007 as a young plant - an adventure for us because we have a small garden...

5 tubers received as gifts in 2008 - a mystery! One should be purple - time will tell about the others and what...

Two tubers overwintered from 2007 when they flowered beautifully.

Two tubers overwintered from 2007 when they flowered beautifully.

6 pompon tubers bought winter 2008.

4 tubers, 2 overwintered since 2007 when they didn't flower.

5 tubers from RHS 2008.

Five tubers from RHS.

5 tubers from the RHS in 2008.

Two tubers we have had since 2006.
Jul 2008: They didn't make it.

V. 'Seabrook's Lavender' - lovely pink perennial bought in 2007 - new plant found in Peter Seabrook&...

S. a. 'Chile Black'

Beautiful chocolate scented plant.

Artemisia 'Powis Castle' - shrub.

Achillea x lewisii 'King Edward' - a 4 inch high Alpine Achillea.

Bought 2007.

P. t. 'Veitchii' - planted in deep richly enriched hole at side of house in Spring 2007 with a view to i...

Rescued from a neighbour in 2007 who was throwing them out and planted in 2 sites to the side and front of the h...

Bought at Crail Garden Centre.

Bought and divided into 4 plants from Hill of Tarvit in October 2007 and grown on in pots with a view to plantin...

Bought as young plant from Freuchie plant sale in 2007.

Growing from seed: 'Magpie' and an unknown dark flowered one that may be 'Nora Barlow'.

Hybrid of A. stipitatum and A. aflatunense, apparently. New for us in 2008.

A rather bizarre looking Allium, with at least two layers of umbels..

Possibly my favourite Allium.

Growing as a single specimen amongst other alliums.

New to this garden for 2008.

This is a first for us this year (2007/08).

Division 15 miniature tulip - initially encountered as 5 free bulbs with Amateur Gardening magazine and we loved...

Subsp. 'Marmoratum' - beautifully patterned leaves, but gave the crown a good mulch of garden compost th...

A pink form of cow parsley bought from Hill of Tarvit in autumn 2007.

Multicoloured foliage - we are growing this over mounds of turf that we took off to create the beds and paths wh...

Grown as ground cover in our woodland area. Ours here is A. r. 'Burgundy Glow'

We first got these as 5 free bulbs from Amateur Gardening magazine - they were so beautiful that we have planted...

We have 2 on the go at this point (2nd February 2008) - 'Pauline', which is showing gorgeous blue hints ...

Planted as one plant amongst our mixed native hedge in the second year of its establishment. The aim is that th...

Planted initially as a few dry 'bulbs' amongst our mixed native hedge in the second year of its establis...

Planted initially as a few dry 'bulbs' amongst our mixed native hedge in the second year of its establis...

Planted initially as a few dry 'bulbs' amongst our mixed native hedge in the second year of its establis...

Part of a mixed hedge we planted as bare roots from Buckingham Nurseries in winter 2006/07.

Part of a mixed hedge we planted as bare roots from Buckingham Nurseries in winter 2006/07.

Part of a mixed hedge we planted as bare roots from Buckingham Nurseries in winter 2006/07.

Part of a mixed hedge we planted as bare roots from Buckingham Nurseries in winter 2006/07.

Part of a mixed hedge we planted as bare roots from Buckingham Nurseries in winter 2006/07. I have also planted...

Part of a mixed hedge we planted as bare roots from Buckingham Nurseries in winter 2006/07.

Part of a mixed hedge we planted as bare roots from Buckingham Nurseries in winter 2006/07.

'Jet Fire'
Being fairly new to gardening, my wife and I first saw this at the Royal Caley Spring Show i...

Just starting to come into bloom now - 12 February 2008.

'Georgia Blue'

I first saw this plant in Dundee Botanic Garden in 2006 - it wasn't even in flower - just had the flower bud...

Two plants bought from the Hill of Tarvit Plantsman's sale, having seen them flowering beautifully at the Na...

'Serotina' - we have had this since 2004 and it has yet to flower. It has always put on plenty of growt...

I heard Roy Lancaster say (at Gardening Scotland 2006) that this was his favourite fern - good enough recommenda...

'Fastigiata Aurea'

This is the white form: D. s. f. 'Alba'.