Glendoick - Visiting the Gardens at Glendoick

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Visit the Gardens at Glendoick 2011 click for Pictures of the Gardens

Glendoick was recently included in the Independent on Sunday’s exclusive survey of Europe’s Top 50 Gardens and boasts a unique collection of plants collected by three generations of Coxes from their plant-hunting expeditions to China and the Himalayas. You can see one of the finest collections of rhododendrons and azaleas, primula, meconopsis, kalmia and sorbus in our woodland garden, peat garden, nursery and hybrid trial garden. Furthermore, you can also visit the garden centre’s beautiful and extensive display garden, open 7 days a week. Pictures of the Gardens Special Features: Many of the Rhododendron and azalea species and hybrids you will see have been introduced from the wild or bred by the Cox family. Glendoick also has a huge range of plants from many plant-hunting expeditions from as far afield as Chile, Tasmania and Tibet. For a glimpse into the fascinating world of rhododendron and azalea hybridising, new as yet unnamed hybrids from the Glendoick breeding programme can be seen in our test beds in the walled garden. NEW for 2010 are the waterfall viewing platforms: 3 viewpoints looking out onto the 3 largest waterfalls in Glendoick's Woodland Garden. Peak of flower is from mid April to the end of May. In June the Meconopsis and Kalmia as well as late rhododendrons reach their peak, and later in summer the Hydrangeas, Eucryphia and Sorbus are on display. Please note. The Garden Centre is open 7 days a week. The mail order nursery is not open to the public and can only be visited by appointment. Parts of the nursery can be seen when gardens are open. Click here for a slide show of the gardens and garden visitors click for Pictures of the Gardens	Garden Opening Times 2011 Woodland Gardens Open Mon 4th April to Friday 10th June 2011, Monday-Friday, 10-4pm. May ONLY also Saturday and Sunday 2-5pm, including under Scotland’s Garden Scheme: Sunday May 2nd & 16th. On SGS Sunday days only, there are members of the Cox family on duty to answer questions and this is the only time that the nursery and other parts of the garden normally not open, are accessible to the public. At other times by appointment by e mail orders@glendoick.com or phone to the nursery. (see contact details for numbers and addresses).
	Gardens Prices & Tickets Entrance 2010 £4 per person, (children-school age- free). £5 with guidebook. No dogs allowed, please. Tickets must be purchased from the Garden Centre before you drive up to the garden. For Sunday Open Days only, tickets can be purchased on the drive to the gardens. For Group bookings e mail: jane@glendoick.com. Perthshire Gardens Collection Season and 14 day tickets Click here for 11 superb Perthshire Gardens
Parking facilities: The gardens are about ½ mile from Glendoick Garden Centre. Parking at gardens is free. There is limited parking for coaches at the entrance to the garden so please let us know if you are coming by coach. Disabled Facilities: The Woodland Garden is not easily accessible to wheelchairs but some of the gardens by Glendoick house are accessible. Disabled toilets at the garden centre only.	A Guidebook to Glendoick is available, price £2.95 Click here for recent press articles on Glendoick and the Coxes.
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MAP OF THE GARDENS

1. Larches. This area contains a fine collection of species and hybrid rhododendrons. A group of the original introduction of R. pachysanthum are the parents of thousands of plants which have been sent all over the world. Dont miss the new viewpoint of the lower waterfall which rushes through the wall.

2. East Burn. Two trees of merit in this area are Tetradium daniellii (Euodia hupehensis) the largest specimen in cultivation, with a giant elephant’s foot-like trunk, and Juniperus recurva var. coxii the weeping tree named after the garden’s founder, Euan Cox.

3. Ruined Mill. Tender plants are grown in and around the mill including the recently introduced R. dendrocharis.

On a small island above the mill are some R. sinogrande, which can produce leaves up to 1m in length. Below the mill are extensive plantings of Meconopsis and Trillium. A new viewpoint gives views of the mill, the mill waterfall and over the burnside plantings at the top of the garden.

4. Westburn Over on the far side of the burn are some other significant Cox plants such as Berberis coxii and several collections by Peter Cox from the SBEC expedition in 1981, the first major collecting trip to China after the Communist takeover. (R. dichroanthum, R. haematodes and R. taliense). Another waterfall viewpoint looks down on the middle waterfall.

5. Far End. This is a collection of old and new hybrid rhododendrons many of which are new Glendoick hybrids currently being propagated for sale for the first time. Look out for ‘Glendoick Mystique’ and ‘Loch Leven’. On the south side of the road, the EHM Cox Arboretum contains a fine collection of Sorbus and other trees.

6. Walled Garden. Inside the walled garden are greenhouses and tunnels where our young plants are grown for their first year. Lined out in the upper part of the garden are test beds of new hybrids. Only the very best are selected for further evaluation: over 95% will be destroyed. Selected plants are labelled with wooden canes. It takes at least 10 years before anything is named. Herbaceous borders planted by Patricia Cox provide mid and late summer colour.

7. Gardens by the House. Dwarf Rhododendrons. This area contains one of the world’s most complete collections of dwarf and alpine rhododendrons interplanted with perennials and bulbous plants. Many of the national collection of Glendoick ‘bird’ and mammal hybrids are here.

8. Evergreen azalea border. These mixed borders feature the Mammals Series of evergreen azaleas bred at Glendoick: ‘Panda’, ‘Squirrel’, ‘Wombat’ and many others. There is also a collection of Kalmia latifolia cultivars which flower in June-July.

9. Reservoir Beds These beds contain Rhododendron hybrids dating back to the 1850s, combined with some of the most recently named and one or two which are still being tested. They provide spectacular colour in May and June.

10. Deciduous azaleas. Both species and hybrid azaleas (Exbury, Mollis etc) provide an extravagant late spring display from May-July. Many of the paler varieties are sweetly scented.

Climate note
Glendoick is on the east coast of Scotland, a few miles from the Tay estuary. The coldest winters recorded have reached –18C but this happens only a few times a century. A cold winter is usually more like –12C. Summers have few summer days over 27C. Rainfall is 600-760mm annually. Our greatest problem is late spring frosts after periods of mild weather: flowers and growth are often frosted and bark-split can result.