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©Tom Pennington
Dist:0.1km<br/>This is one of a small group of orchids growing on the bank beside the path just outside the entrance to Arduaine Gardens.
©Anne Burgess
Dist:0.1km<br/>This is one of the rhododendrons for which Arduaine is best know, though I do not know what variety it is. Unfortunately this delightful garden is threatened in spring 2009 with closure by its owner, the National Trust for Scotland.
©Anne Burgess
Dist:0.2km<br/>Never having seen this plant before, I had no idea what its name is, and asked one of the gardeners. Its flowers are almost the same as those of Green Alkanet, but the leaves are totally different. It is an introduced and cultivated species not found in the wild.
©Anne Burgess
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©Sarah Charlesworth
Dist:0.2km<br/>I've never seen white fumitory before, but there was plenty of it on disturbed ground on the south slope on An Cnap. I think this is the right species, but will be happy to hear from anyone who knows better.
©Anne Burgess
Dist:0.2km<br/>This is a parasitic plant which is naturalised in Arduaine Gardens, flowering in spring. The various leaves are of other plants growing amongst the Toothwort flowers; Toothworts have no green pigment.
©Anne Burgess
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©PAUL FARMER
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©Tom Pennington
Dist:0.2km<br/>This is the highest point on the headland at Arduaine. The collapsed corrugated iron roof covered some sort of shelter excvated in the summit of the hill. Loch Melfort is to the left and Beinn Chaorach on the skyline.
©Anne Burgess
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©Carol Mellers
Dist:0.2km<br/>The pond in the heart of Arduaine Gardens is not ruffled by the fresh breeze blowing outside the shelter of the trees. Arum Lilies grow in the foreground, and a rhododendron is reflected in the still water. The gardens are at their best in late April and May, when the rhododendrons and azaleas are in full bloom. Unfortunately this oasis of calm, owned by the National Trust for Scotland, is threatened in spring 2009 with closure.
©Anne Burgess
Dist:0.2km<br/>This path and bench are close to the entrance to the gardens.
©Patrick Mackie
Dist:0.2km<br/>I can't resist lilypads.
©Patrick Mackie
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©Sarah Charlesworth

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