Gardening at 58 North is a Youtube gardening channel which focuses on house plants and gardening. The channel contains a series of horticultural videos, some are instructional and informative, whilst others are video diaries of how my plants are doing over the year. Please have a look through my videos, if you have any questions, leave a comment and I will try to answer your questions.
My outdoor videos are filmed in North Scotland between Inverness and Elgin, the USDA of my garden is around 8 and the USDA of my parents coastal garden is around 9. However as we are only 640 miles from the arctic circle, the summers are very cool with an average daily maximum temperature of 18C (65F) in July and grass frosts are possible any month of the year. Although July and August are nearly always frost free.
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Gardening at 58 North
Its Monday mystery macro time. What plant does this macro close up belong to?
Bonus points if anyone can guess the exact species.
Comment below with your guesses, I will reveal the answer next Monday.
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The answer to last week's Monday mystery macro is a Cotoneaster berry (cotoneaster simonsii). There are many different species of Cotoneaster varying from low growing ground cover to tall trees, however the defining characteristic for most is their red berries and small evergreen leaves. This species is one of the weedier varieties and often self seeds itself in gardens here in Scotland.
Well done to all those who guessed correctly this week.
I'll post this weeks Monday mystery macro later today.
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Gardening at 58 North
Its Monday mystery macro time. What plant does this macro close up belong to?
Bonus points if anyone can guess the exact species.
Comment below with your guesses, I will reveal the answer next Monday.
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The answer to last week's Monday mystery macro is Nordmann Fir (Abies nordmanniana). This is one of my favourite fir trees and is very popular as a christmas tree due to its soft needles that don't drop. This fir keeps its low branches for a long time so it keeps its christmas tree shape for a few decades, it also has very dense dark green needles which make it a very attractive tree. Although it is slower growing than some other firs and spruces it can still eventually get to a very large size.
This weeks was a difficult one and only one person guessed Fir tree.
I'll post this weeks Monday mystery macro later today.
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It's taken a few weeks but I now have a 100% germination rate from my Titan arum seeds (Amorphophallus titanum). I am currently editing the video and hope to have it published tomorrow. This has been a very exciting video project for me as I have always wanted to grow this species. I have an adopt a plant scheme on my patreon page and if anyone would like monthly updates on these or any other plants of mine you can adopt a plant for $10 a month. www.patreon.com/58North
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Its Monday mystery macro time. What plant does this macro close up belong to?
Bonus points if anyone can guess the exact species.
Comment below with your guesses, I will reveal the answer next Monday.
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The answer to last week's Monday mystery macro is Pilosella aurantiaca (Fox and cubs/ Orange hawkweed) For years I thought this was a UK wildflower as it is commonly found throughout, however it is actually introduced from Europe possibly in the medieval era. Although a bit of a weed it has fantastic flowers which continue all summer and often grows on poor soils where few other flowers grow. There is currently a nice patch in my parents wildflower area of their garden.
Well done to all of you who guessed correctly this week.
I'll post this weeks Monday mystery macro later today.
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Gardening at 58 North
Its Monday mystery macro time. What plant does this macro close up belong to?
Comment below with your guesses, I will reveal the answer next Monday.
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The answer to last week's Monday mystery macro is apple. The apple in the photo is growing on a tree in my parents garden, I'm not sure exactly which variety it is, but I think it might be a gala apple.
Over the last two years I have had the privilege of working in a garden with around 100 mature apple trees. When they flower in spring they put on a great display, I have added some photos of them to this post.
Well done to all of you who guessed correctly this week.
I'll post this weeks Monday mystery macro later today.
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I am currently very busy with work and YouTube projects so there may be be some delay to my weekly videos and photo posts. However I hope to get back to my regular schedule within a couple of weeks. I have a lot of exciting video projects in the pipeline. Here are some photos of upcoming projects.
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