The following plant lists are those specified for each of the pocket gardens that surround Slessor Gardens. Depending on the season of your visit, it may be that not every plant will be visible.

Baltic Garden

  • Betula Pendula (Silver Birch)
  • Sorbus Aucuparia (Rowan)
  • Corylus Colurna (Hazel)
  • Pinus Mugo Mops (Dwarf Mountain Pine)
  • Buxus Sempervirens (Common Box)
  • Luzula Nivea (Snow Rush)
  • Luzula Sulvatica (Great Wood Rush)
  • Digitalis Alba (Foxglove)
  • Dryopteris Filix-mas (Male Fern)
  • Hedera Helix Hibernica (Atlantic Ivy)
  • Asplenium Scolopendrium (Hart's Tongue Fern)

Caribbean Garden

  • Lonicera Tellmanniana (Tellmann's Honeysuckle)
  • Phormium Tenax (New Zealand Flax)
  • Photinia Red Robin (Christmas Berry "Red Robin")
  • Aucuba Crotonifolia (Spotted Laurel)
  • Cotinus Royal Purple (Royal Purple Smoke Tree)
  • Acanthus Spinosus (Armed Bear's Breech)
  • Pachsandra Green Carpet (Japanese Spurge Green Carpet)
  • Cosmos Chocolate

Asia Garden

  • Taxus Baccata (English Yew)
  • Heuchera Greenfinch
  • Skimmia Kew Green
  • Phormiun Tenax Purpureum (New Zealand Flax)
  • Agapanthus White
  • Spiraea Little Princess
  • Gold Red Tagetes
  • Phormium Black Beauty

North American Garden

  • Stipa Gigantea (Golden Oats / Giant Feather Grass)
  • Miscanthus Sinensis Gracillimus
  • Echinacea Purpurea (Purple Cone Flower / Black Samson)
  • Liatris Spicata (Button Snakewort)
  • Salvia Ostfriesland (Balkan Clary 'Ostfriesland')
  • Origanum Herrenhausen (Oregano)
  • Sedum Matrona (Stonecrop)

Natural Sciences Garden

  • Festuca Glauca (Blue Fescue)
  • French Marigold Cream
  • Sedum Purple Emperor
  • Hebe Green Globe
  • Hebe Albicans Red Edge
  • Berberis Atropurpurea Nana (Japanese Barberry)
  • Alchemilla Mollis (Lady's Mantle)
  • Buxus Sempervirens (Common Box)

Health Garden

  • Lavandula Hidcote (Lavender)
  • Eupatorium Purpureum (Grass Root)
  • Rosmarinus Officinalis (Rosemary)
  • Taxus Baccata (Yew)
  • Geranium Macrorrhizum Album (Rock Cranesbill)
  • Sambucus Black Lace (Common Elder)
  • Ginkgo Biloba (Maidenhair)
  • Salvia Offinalis Purpurascens (Purple Sage)
  • Verbascum Chaixii Album (White Nettle-Leaved Mullein)

Edible Garden

(Scottish Heritage Apple Trees:)

  • James Grieve (dessert)
  • Lass O'Gowrie (dual purpose)
  • Port Allen Russet (dessert)
  • Stirling Castle (culinary)
  • Coul Blush (dessert)
  • Golden Hornet (Crab Apple Tree)

(Herb Boxes:)

  • Rosemary
  • Chives
  • Thyme
  • Calamint
  • Lemon Balm
  • Fennel
  • Valerian
  • Hyssop

(Soft Fruits:)

  • Blackcurrant (Ben Lomond, Ben Sarek and Ben Hope varieties)
  • Raspberries
  • Strawberries

Literature Garden

  • Hosta - Devon Green
  • Agapanthus - White Hybrid
  • Glyceria Maxima Variegata (variegated reed sweet-grass)
  • Digitalis Alba (White Flowered Foxglove)
  • Cornus Kousa Chinensis (Chinese Dogwood)
  • Betula Utilis Jacquemonte (Himalayan Birch)
  • Skimma Kew Green
  • Ophiopogon Nigrescens (Black Mondo)

Reflections / Bonnie Dundee Garden

  • Allium Purple Sensation / (Dutch Garlic Purple Sensation)
  • Artemesia schmidtiana Nana / (Dwarf Schmidt wormwood)
  • Astilbe Fanal (Astilbe Fanal)
  • Carex morrowii / (Morrow's Sedge)
  • Crocosmia Lucifer (Montbretia Lucifer)
  • Deschampsia cespitosa (Tufted Hair Grass)
  • Erica carnea (December Red (Winter Heath December Red)
  • Erica carnea Foxhollow / (Winter Heath Foxhollow)
  • Escallonia Donard Seedling (Escallonia Donard Seedling)
  • Euonymus Kewensis (Wintercreeper)
  • Festuca glauca Elijah Blue (Blue Fescue Grass)
  • Geranium Jolly Bee (Hardy Geranium Jolly Bee)
  • Ilex crenata Convexa (Convex-leaf Japanese holly)
  • Juniperus squamata Blue Carpet (Flaky Juniper 'Blue Carpet')
  • Narcissus Tete a Tete (Dwarf Daffodil)
  • Pachysandra terminalis Variegata (Variegated Japanese Spurge)
  • Philadelphus Belle Etoile  (Mock Orange 'Belle Etoile')
  • Pittosporum tenuifolium Tom Thumb (Tawhiwhi 'Tom Thumb')
  • Rubus Betty Ashburner (Ornamental Bramble)
  • Rubus idaeus Glen Doll (Raspberry Glen Doll)
  • Tulipa greigii Pinocchio (Greigii Tulip Pinocchio)
  • Viburnum davidii / (David Viburnum)
  • Malus hupehensis John Downie (Apple 'John Downie')
  • Prunus x subhirtella Autumnalis Rosea ( Winter-Flowering Cherry 'Autumnalis Rosea')
  • Sorbus Joseph Rock (Mountain Ash 'Joseph Rock')

 

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