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Glendoick GardensLast updated: Jan 2005 |  | ||
| Address: | Glendoick, Perth, Tayside, PH2 7NS Tel: 0173 8860205 Fax: 0173 8860630 email: sales at glendoick.com web address: Latitude: 56° 23'50''N Longitude: 3° 17'23''W | ||
| BACKGROUND TO THE COLLECTION | |||
| Year Founded: | |||
| Ownership: | Mr & Mrs Peter Cox | ||
| Garden code: | |||
| Umbrella organisation: | | ||
| PERSONNEL | |||
| Managing Director: | Peter A Cox | ||
| Head Gardeners: | John Mitton Jens Nielsen | ||
| Contact person: | Peter & 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 | |||
| Altitude: | |||
| Soil type: | Loam, acid | ||
| Aspect: | South | ||
| Total area: | 6 ha | ||
| Area heated: | 500 m² | ||
| Other sites of collection: | Baravalla Garden Tarbert, Argyll | ||
| WEATHER RECORDS | No records kept | ||
| Temperature: | |||
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| Absolute maximum | |||
| Absolute minimum | -18 °C (1982) | ||
| Wind: | |||
| direction | West | ||
| strength: | Average | ||
| Rainfall | |||
| Average annual | 750 mm | ||
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| PLANT COLLECTION | |||
| Families | |||
| Genera | |||
| Species | |||
| Taxa | |||
| Accessions | |||
| Plants | |||
| Notable plants within the collection | |||
| Largest Acer tetramerum and Tetradium daniellii 'Hupehensis' in the British Isles | |||
| Geographical area 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 | | ||
| Phenological Garden | |||
| Records of living collection | Kept since 1955 (rhododendrons), 1965 for others Computerised (but in early stages) | ||
| Record System | unknown | ||
| 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 of the material: | Occasional supervised guided walks,signs, lectures | ||
| Friends Organisation: | No | ||
| Visitor facilities: | Restaurant, café, plant shop, book shop, gift shop | ||
| 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. | |||