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| Address and contact details | |
| Name of Garden: | Glendoick Gardens |
| Glendoick, Perth, Tayside, PH2 7NS | |
| Tel: 0173 8860205 | |
| Fax: 0173 8860630 | |
| Email: sales@glendoick.com | |
| Web site: | |
| Latitude: 56° 23' 50" N | |
| Longitude: 3° 17' 23" W | |
| (mapquest.com provides an excellent way of checking how accurate your co-ordinates are) | |
| Background to the collection | |
| Year founded: | |
| Ownership: | Mr & Mrs Peter Cox |
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| i.e. PlantNet, BGCI, NCCPG; ICCP etc. | |
| Personnel | |
| Please include actual titles in brackets after the name i.e. Owner, Director/Manager, Curator/Head gardener. If you have other administrative staff, i.e. taxonomists, education officers etc. please add extra rows. | |
| Managing Director: | Peter A Cox |
| Head Gardeners: | John Mitton and Jens Nielsen |
| Contact person: | Peter and Kenneth Cox |
| Total Staff: | 7 |
| Total Horticultural Staff: | |
| Policies | |
| Accessions: | As comprehensive a collection of Rhododendron species as possible under our conditions |
| Collections: | |
| Physical environment | |
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| Soil type: | Loam, acid |
| Aspect: | South |
| Total area: | 6 ha |
| Area heated: | 500 m² |
| Other sites of collection: | Baravalla Garden Tarbert
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| Weather records | No records kept |
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| Absolute minimum: | -18 °C (1982) |
| Wind | |
| Direction: | West |
| Strength: | Average |
| Rainfall | |
| Average annual: | 750 mm |
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| Plant collection | |
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| Notable plants within the collection: | |
| Largest Acer tetramerum and Tetradium daniellii 'Hupehensis' in the British Isles | |
| Geographical area(s) of specialisation: | |
| China, Eastern Asia, New Zealand, Western South America | |
| Special families within the collections: | |
| Ericaceae, Papaveraceae, Primulaceae, Rosaceae, Pinaceae, Aceraceae, Fagaceae, Clethraceae, Betulaceae, Magnoliaceae, Berberidaceae | |
| Special genera within the collections: | |
| Rhododendron, Meconopsis, Primula, Viburnum, Berberis, Pinus, Abies, Picea, Magnolia, Enkianthus, Kalmia, Cardiocrinum, Nothofagus, Betula, Acer, Sorbus, Cotoneaster, Clethra, Cassiope, Cassiope, Kalmiopsis | |
| Special collections: (i.e. ICCP International Conifer Conservation Programme; IPGRI International Plant Genetic Resources Institute; NCCPG National Council for the Conservation of Plants and Gardens; SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest) | |
| Special collection 1: For each collection please give Nos. of Genera, species, taxa, accessions & plants. Also any official status. | |
| Special collection 2: Please add a row for each collection. | |
| Record Keeping: | Kept since 1955 (rhododendrons), 1965 for others Computerised (but in early stages) |
| Record System: | unknown |
| Are phenological records kept? | |
| Plant-collecting trips: | International |
| Facilities on site | |
| Herbarium: | No |
| Library: | Yes Rhododendron, plant exploration, monographs |
| Research facilities: | No |
| Publications: | Nursery catalogue |
| Identifications: | Undertakes identifications for the general public, fee charged. Undertakes free identifications for customers. Internal verification of material |
| Teaching and Education: | No |
| Interpretation: | Occasional supervised guided walks,signs, lectures |
| Friends Organisation: | No |
| Visitor facilities: | Restaurant, café, plant shop, book shop, gift shop |
| Access to the collections - Who can visit, when etc. | |
| What are the conditions of Access to the collections? | |
| Public access: | By appointment only |
| Visitors per year: | 500-1000 |
| Public opening hours: | Mon-Fri: Open Mid April-Mid June |
| Guiding principles behind the collection | |
| The garden aims to grow as many wild-collected Rhododendron taxa as possible, plus a fair representation of the other families and genera listed. | |
| Location map | |
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