Bulb Log 2019

[Ian Y]

The latest Bulb Log explores two very different habitats as well as lifting Dactylorhiza tubers click the link to read all 21 pages.


http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/logdir/2019Jul101562750691BULB_LOG_2819.pdf

[Ian Y]

One persons weed is another persons wild flower click the link to read the latest Bulb Log.


http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/logdir/2019Jul171563357831BULB_LOG_2919.pdf

[Ian Y]

Summer flowers run rampant in this sequential phase of our garden wilderness.


http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/logdir/2019Jul241563963182BULB_LOG_3019.pdf

[Ian Y]

Find out the link between Rhododendrons, New Zealand and Crevice Gardens by clicking the Bulb Log link below.


http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/logdir/2019Jul311564567911BULB_LOG_3119.pdf

[Ian Y]

Climate change, hedge cropping plus summer flowers all in this Bulb Log.


http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/logdir/2019Aug071565169253BULB_LOG_3219.pdf

[Ian Y]

The value of front gardens is explored in this Bulb Log.


http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/logdir/2019Aug141565778636BULB_LOG_3319.pdf

[Ian Y]

Click the Bulb Log link for late summer blues, preparing for the storm and  unexpected appearances of flora and fauna.


http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/logdir/2019Aug211566383143BULB_LOG_3419.pdf

[Roma]

Looks like a red squirrel to me, Ian.

[Maggi Young]

  We really  hope  it  is, Roma!  The  paler  hair  at the tip of the  tail was worrying  us, but  we've  been sent a  couple  of  photos  of  squirrels that are  definitely  red which show the  same  trait. Depends on the time  of year, I expect, and the  age  of the  squirrel.   We've  only ever  had the  occasional grey  in the  past, though not recently. We know the reds are  not  far  away  - so this  is  especially exciting. 

[Roma]

This was taken this afternoon.  Her tail was quite blonde but is growing darker.  Hasn't time to retouch her roots?  There were 2 female squirrels coming earlier in the year but I'm not sure if there are still 2 .  One had ear tufts and the other did not earlier in the year.  I've also seen a couple of young boys.  They are bright red all over.  The colour can be variable.

[Ian Y]

Thanks for these pictures Roma - it was the light tips to the tail that was bothering me but seeing those and some others I have been sent I am now 99% certain that it is a red squirrel.

[Carolyn]

Ian,
I think it's  a red squirrel too. We have had some in the garden which have a blonde tip to the tail. The colour varies with the time of year too. Adults have longer ear tufts in the autumn (greys don't ever have ear tufts).  I think the ears in your photos look tufted rather than rounded.
We currently have squirrel pox in the area and sadly have been advised not to feed the squirrels or birds, in order to reduce the spread of the disease. I hope yours realises what a wildlife-friendly garden it has found and you will have a lot of pleasure watching it.

[Ian Y]

This week the Autumn flowering bulbs get going, making the final preparations for the first storm and cutting back shrubs - click the link for the Bulb Log.


http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/logdir/2019Aug281566988949BULB_LOG_3519.pdf

[Maggi Young]

This Bulb Log delivers the start of the autumn bulbs and the first storm in the bulb houses.

http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/logdir/2019Sep031567516533BULB_LOG_3619.pdf

[Ian Y]

Click the link for The Scottish Rock Garden Festival - special edition of the Bulb Log


http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/logdir/2019Sep111568200877BULB_LOG_3719.pdf