Rowallane Garden - Birds, Trees, & Flowers

This is my final post from Rowallane Garden from my visit there last week.  As the café was not open, I fortunately had bring some food with me and I went back to the car to eat it.  Unfortunately it began to rain however I found all the following birds on the lawn and looking for food under the Rhododendrons.  I have a short video at the end of this post.

Blackbird - male

There were  about half a dozen Blackbirds all looking for food

Blackbird - female

Coal Tit in the front and Great Tit behind it

I was amazed to see about a dozen Tits in this grass area and only flew off momentary when a car passed.

Coal Tit

The other things that impressed me about the garden was the wonderful shapes of the trees and they often reminded me of different things!  I will fill in 'captions' for the first two and perhaps you might have thoughts about the other tree shots.

'Man, I am tired holding my arms up!'   
Magnolia campbelli

 'Oh!  I am in such a muddle, I don't  know whether I am coming or going!'
Pine Tree

 OK, it's over to you now.  What are these next series of trees saying to you?
Rhododendrons

Betula papyrifera

Rhododendron

Rhododendron

Galanthus - Snowdrops

Rhododendron stump

Actinidia deliciosa Kiwi

 Hugh Armytage Moore (see 2 posts ago) was a member of the Rhododendron Society. Membership was by invitation only, apparently because of their wild-source collections and expertise in the field of breeding.  

His expertise in Rhododendrons evolved over many years during which he wrote articles for the Gardeners Chronicle, Gardening Illustrated and the Rhododendron Society. He was notable as a selector of Rhododendron species rather than a hybridiser.

The contract of the rustic brown on one side of the leaf and

 solid green on the upper part is very striking in this Rhododendron.

There were a surprising number of Rhododendron blooming.

It was raining so heavy that I sheltered in the walled garden.  I had brought bird seed with me so I had the company of Mr Robin who eventually sat beside me on the bench.

More seed Mam!

I have enjoyed seeing Rowallane in February and I certainly will be back to see the magnificent display of Rhododendrons and Azaela’s later on.

I will leave you with this short video which can be accessed at

http://youtu.be/1mGe4JSj3yg

If there is a black space below, click it and the video will appear.

I hope you have enjoyed this visit as much as me.

Thank you for visiting my post and also to those who left comments on any of my blogs.

I am linking this  post with WILD BIRD WEDNESDAY