When in flower, it looks like a colourful carpet stretching in between tall plants such as the foxgloves and harebell.

Plant bulbs in the spring or autumn, making sure to provide the saplings with plenty of moist, organic compost to help them grow. Gardens and Designed Landscape Manager, Chris, introduces us to some of the rare and unusual plants in our collection, from towering trees to flowering shrubs. You could find out which trees stand up to the wind in Shetland, which climbers will survive on a north facing wall and even which plants are widely offered for sale in Scotland but should be left on the shelf.So keen are they on reliability that they have set up their own national bone-hardiness rating in defiance of the Royal Horticultural Society's southern take on hardiness, and also their own Scottish Garden Award, similar to the RHS's Award of Garden Merit, for their best 500 plants, chosen after consultation with experts throughout Scotland.

Its other name is "Sea Fennel "A native herbaceous perennial of the sandy or stony foreshore so grow in a well drained soil or raised bed. Hedgehogs are one the UK’s most iconic garden mammals and there are a few things that you can do to attract them to your garden. These wildflowers will attract bees and hoverflies and provide good foraging habitat for starlings and hedgehogs.Far better to have a look at what will suit the conditions, and obtain plants from good nurseries and suppliers. To encourage a wide variety of wildlife to visit your garden, it is advisable to choose native trees and shrubs. Raspberry leaf tea has a good reputation for easing labour pains; externally it may also be used as an eyewash, mouthwash or for ulcers and wounds.