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The Royal Botanic Gardens in Edinburgh is a beautiful work. Amazingly, it is free, as are the museums in Scotland. There is so much to see, and of course the photos don't do it justice. I don't think these were actually rock gardens, but they were wonderful collections of plants. Strangely, some of the plants, coddled in gravel, were from my part of the world.


This border is backed by a beech hedge 23 feet high.

The trees were enormous. New Mexico trees are barely shrubs compared to the plants here. Despite the size of the trees, they didn't protect us much from the heavy rainstorm. Fortunately it passed after about an hour (of getting soaked).


The 23 foot high hedge again, from the other side, with smaller gardens separated by shorter hedges of holly.

There's a reason no one is sitting on the benches. It's been pouring rain. This photo taken during a lull. Interestingly, the roads drain pretty well.


Gorgeous glowing rose hips.
Penstemon linarioides growing in a trough garden. Did I go all the way to Scotland to see New Mexico plants?

Meconopsis, demonstrating that Scotland's climate is just about as far from New Mexico as possible.
Cardiocrinum, the giant himalayan lily, about 9 feet tall in this instance.