Posts Tagged ‘growth’
Keep your garden looking at its best this July
It’s mid-summer and the garden is now at its most colourful. The frantic rush of exuberant growth has passed and garden plants are showing off their glorious foliage textures and flower displays, filling borders and patio containers with colour and fragrance. Here, Louise Golden, resident plant expert at Dobbies Garden Centre, gives her top tips…
Read MoreThinking ahead when it comes to baby’s gifts
The arrival of a new little member of the Royal Family has got people talking about babies. But people have been warned to avoid the traditional baby gift of premium bonds by financial experts, Brewin Dolphin. They say that the Government-backed scheme is nearly as bad as putting money under the mattress. Douglas Cameron, a…
Read MoreLearn more about Edinburgh’s famous ‘corpse flower’
Edinburgh’s most stinky plant will once more be the focus of attention at an open evening later this month. The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh’s most famous and smelliest plant, the Amorphophallus Titanum, which hit the headlines when it flowered for the first time in 2015 and then again last summer. On Wednesday, 18 April, Horticulturists…
Read MoreClassic car team raises thousands for a deserving cause
A team of four friends drove a 60-year old Morgan car around Scotland for charity – with no side-screens and no roof! They drove in an anti-clockwise direction, embarking on 12 ferry journeys visiting the outer corners of Scotland – and the team have managed to raise £25,500 for the Teenage Cancer Trust, writes Olivia…
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