Garden Designer in Inverness & the Scottish Highlands
All photographs in this gallery are by Maria and Pawel Drozd (of Blueberry Photography), captured over many years. The collection features Inverness gardens, plants, horticulture, and garden design photography, showcasing beautiful flowers, shrubs, landscaped gardens, and outdoor spaces from Inverness, the Scottish Highlands, and other stunning locations.
SHADY GARDEN PLANTS SELECTION
Plants shaped by shadow, where texture and tone take focus.
Flash card with shade loving plants
Shade loving
Early spring flowering plants.
Early blossom
Geranium will thrive almost in any conditions.
Geranium × magnificum
One of my favourite herbaceous plants.
Astilbe chinensis 'Vision in Red'
Hostas are extremely hardy plants, great for Scottish climate.
Hosta sieboldiana
Love how this steel Pulmonaria brightens up the dark corner.
Pulmonaria 'Majeste'
One of my favourite ones for woodland gardens.
Convallaria majalis
Ideal for borders and planted containers, hardy in Scotland.
Heuchera 'Marmalade'
Perfect for dappled shade.
Trillium cuneatum
Lovely ground covering plant, very hardy and forgiving. Semi evergreen.
Lamium maculatum 'Roseum'
Wild plant but I always let them self seed among other plants.
Digitalis purpurea
Bergenia cordifolia is hardy, evergreen, flowering almost all season, easy to grow and kill!
Bergenia cordifolia
Wild garlic will enjoy moist and dappled shade. Pretty and tasty! Another plant for woodland garden and ground cover.
Allium ursinum.
Best grown in moist shade.
Dicentra formosa
Acer palmatum is perfect solution for small gardens in semi shade and sheltered gardens.
Acer palmatum 'Osakazuki'
Exotic look but oh my gosh this is hardy! It absolutely hates sun so make sure you give it some shade and shelter!
Podophyllum 'Spotty Dotty'
Flower buds carry deep red flowers, podophyllum are easy to grow from seed.
Podophyllum 'Spotty Dotty'
Loves shady conditions, great ground cover.
Epimedium rubrum
Erythronium 'Pagoda'
I love this bright highlighter green!
Heuchera 'Lime Marmalade'
Beautiful, hardy, easy but stinky!
Helleborus foetidus
Beautiful even in deep winter, extremely hardy.
Matteuccia struthiopteris
YELLOW PALLETTE
A study of yellow plants—soft, bright, and alive with light.
Hardy, sturdy and very stinky!
Helleborus foetidus
Very hardy and strong growing, needs space!
Ligularia przewalskii
Dahlia
Dahlia
Fritillaria pallidiflora - great for dappled shade, very hardy although it takes time to establish.
Fritillaria pallidiflora
Erythronium 'Pagoda'
Erythronium 'Pagoda'
Hardy, enjoys sun and does not mind dry conditions. Requires hard pruning every few years to keep in shape. Great for sensory garden.
Santolina chamaecyparissus
Hardy, sun loving and highly aromatic.
Achillea 'Cloth of Gold'
Inula 'Grandiflora' is easy to grow and very hardy but you must remember it will spread.
Inula 'Grandiflora'
extremely hardy, great ground cover, bee friendly.
Sedum kamtschaticum
Perfect for herbaceous border, good cut flower.
Alstroemeria inticancha
Reliable late Summer flowering plant every garden should have.
Rudbeckia fulgida
Hardy, highly scented and exotic.
Lilium pyrenaicum
Deciduous azalea with highly scented flowers and outstanding Autumn colours.
Rhododendron luteum,
Ideal for semi shade or sunny spaces provided mois soil. Great for woodland gardens, on the edge of a pond or bog garden.
Primula bulleyana
It is a vigorous, thornless, semi-evergreen rambling rose, very hardy.The blooms have a light, delicate fragrance.
Rosa banksiae
RED PALLETTE
A study of red plants—bold and warm.
Flash cards for South side of your garden
Red Feng Shui
So easy to grow! Hardy, perfect cottage garden plant.
Lupinus
Strong growing horizontal shrub with white, scented flowers in Spring time followed by coral red berries in Autumn and Winter.
Cotoneaster horizontalis
Helenium 'Moerheim Beauty' with coppery red colours. Popular with bees and other pollinators.
Helenium 'Moerheim Beauty'
Great for windy, exposed gardens.
Crocosmia 'Lucifer'
Well-known for thriving in cooler climates like Scotland, often scrambling through hedges and evergreen shrubs like yew.
Tropaeolum speciosum
Medium sized herbaceous, flowering in late Summer. Great cut flower.
Hesperantha coccinea 'Major'
Rhododendrons are known for their large, showy flower clusters (trusses).
Rhododendron
Lantern-shaped, crimson to deep carmine-pink flowers are filled with yellow pollen.
Crinodendron hookerianum
Once you have it in the border it will self seed yer after year.
Papaver somniferum
Aromatic leaves and lip shaped flowers will decorate the garden until first frost. May need overwintering in colder areas.
Salvia microphylla 'Hot Lips'
BLUE TONES
Blue plants. Natural forms. Cool tones.
One of my favorite Spring flowering bulbs. Great for containers.
Muscari azureum
It prefers moist, cool conditions and partial or dappled shade. Provide plenty of organic matter.
Meconopsis betonicifolia
This plant is a non-climbing, clump-forming clematis that thrives in the mid-border. Very hardy.
Clematis heracleifolia 'Cote d'Azur'
Beautiful steel blue flowers, great for flower arrangements.
Eryngium sp.
There is no better more reliable plant than geranium!
Geranium pratense
Perfect for almost any garden, also great as a container grown shrub. Blue varieties require acidic soil.
Hydrangea macrophylla
Very hardy, architectural plant, great for containers. Adds exotic feel to the garden.
Agapanthus sp.
PINK AND PURPLE TONES
Pink and purple plants. Natural forms. Gentle color.
Rich colours give big impact.
Salvia, Centranthus, Geum
Very hardy, loved by bees and butterflies. late Summer flowering plant for full sun and well drained soil.
Hylotelephium spectabile
Annual plant but very easy to grow from seed, excellent filler with fragrant flowers.
Nicotiana sp.
Late Summer flowering, not hardy.
Rudbeckia hirta 'Cherry Brandy'
Digitalis purpurea
Bergenia cordifolia
Astilbe sp.
Lamium maculatum 'Roseum'
Lamium maculatum 'Roseum'
GARDEN INSPIRATION
Garden features, interesting solutions and many more.
Apple tree beautifully framing entrance to the garden
Romantic entrance
tulips are excellent choice for container growing
Tulips
Charming tulips
Rustic planter
Stone lantern is a great addition to Japanese garden
Japanese garden
Old ladder used as a decoration and climber support in the garden.
Rustic charm
Simple yet attractive combination: pansies and daisies.
Spring in the city
In the city container gardening may be the only solution.
Container gardening in the city
Vines create beautiful dappled shade in the greenhouse
Dappled shade
Many trees grow happily in large container
Tree for every space
Natural shelter created with willow.
Willow shelter
Mirrors have many uses in the garden. One of them is to visually enlarge the space.
Rustic mirror
Fire pit with round seating area.
Fire pit
Unique accents resembling nature.
Iron poppy
Wooden duck
Duck
Plant supports can be very decorative
Plant support
Detail matters
Fairy garden
Fatsia japonica on plinth
Plinth