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Old 07-09-2011, 08:13 PM
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You will see from these pictures that living and gardening in the NE of Scotland poses dramatic challenges. As you can see below there is little hope of success with our local climate.


Absolutely no fruit trees will grow, no summer jasmine, no peonies or foxtail lilies or roses.



The open nature of the tundra here makes the possibility of growing apples, peaches, raspberries, blackberries, gages, damsons, cherries and pears a fruitless folly.


Amazonian plants such as "Gussie" the Gunnera fail to break a leaf bud let alone start to produce leaves almost five feet across...very disheartening to watch.


Himalayan blue poppies die in an instant as do the aquilegias..



Perhaps my four bamboos, Himalayan Birch, eucalyptus trees and New Zealand daisies will manage an energetic burst of growth but I think they too will succumb like everything else...so sad.

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Old 07-09-2011, 08:17 PM
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SO SAD!
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Old 07-09-2011, 09:26 PM
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I feel very, VERY bad for you, having to scrape out such a meager existence in that horrible desolate place...

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Old 07-09-2011, 09:31 PM
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Desolate....that word sums it all up! If I could even grow moss and lichens it would be a triumph! IF, and I mean IF, I had blueberries I would have to suck on them like marbles but they might last longer.
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