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# Twelve Months of Scottish Flowers - September · Rampant Scotland

Flowers of Scotland

# Twelve Months of Scottish Flowers - September

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Photographs and captions restored from the original seasonal flower collection.

 ***Rampant Scotland Directory*** ***Twelve Months of Scottish Flowers*** ***September***

**Here are the flowers which have been used to illustrate the section of the weekly [Scottish Newsletter](https://web.archive.org/web/20200803004337/http://www.rampantscotland.com:80/letter.htm) which includes the photos of flowers and other plants taken during the month of September.**

[Archived photograph unavailable locally. View the original capture.](https://web.archive.org/web/20200803004337im_/http://www.rampantscotland.com:80/dahlia2042b.jpg)

 **The dahlia illustrated here was photographed in the walled garden at the National Trust for Scotland property at Culzean Castle. It was one of many on display in September. **

[Archived photograph unavailable locally. View the original capture.](https://web.archive.org/web/20200803004337im_/http://www.rampantscotland.com:80/graphics/rose_laurieston5155a.jpg)

 **This is of one of the flowers in the rose garden at Laurieston Castle on the edge of Edinburgh. This is a public park, run by Edinburgh City Council. In addition to the more traditional flower beds, Laurieston has recently added a Japanese garden. **

[Archived photograph unavailable locally. View the original capture.](https://web.archive.org/web/20200803004337im_/http://www.rampantscotland.com:80/helichrysum2051b.jpg)

**These helichrysums (also known as "everlasting" flowers due to the dry, paper-like texture of the petals) were photographed on a sunny September day at Culzean Country Park in Ayrshire. **

[Archived photograph unavailable locally. View the original capture.](https://web.archive.org/web/20200803004337im_/http://www.rampantscotland.com:80/graphics/brambles_edge5234a.jpg)

 **As the season progresses, more of the fruits of the summer are starting to appear, such as these brambles (blackberry). Soon after the photograph was taken, I had eaten these particular berries! **

[Archived photograph unavailable locally. View the original capture.](https://web.archive.org/web/20200803004337im_/http://www.rampantscotland.com:80/graphics/gazania_clarkston5215a.jpg)

 **This illustration of September flowers in Scotland is of a Gazania (also known as "Treasure Flower") which was growing in my sister's garden in suburban Glasgow. Gazanias close up when the weather is dull. **

[Archived photograph unavailable locally. View the original capture.](https://web.archive.org/web/20200803004337im_/http://www.rampantscotland.com:80/graphics/cosmos_seashells_culzean5420a.jpg)

 ** This variety of Cosmos is named "Sea Shells" - most appropriate in view of its unusual fluted petals. It is a native of North America but was photographed in the walled garden at the National Trust for Scotland's Culzean Country Park in Ayrshire. **

[Archived photograph unavailable locally. View the original capture.](https://web.archive.org/web/20200803004337im_/http://www.rampantscotland.com:80/rowan1771b.jpg)

 **As autumn approaches the rowan berries are starting to ripen as this cluster on a tree in the centre of Glasgow shows. The rowan is also known as the mountain ash. **

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## Source

From Rampant Scotland, restored from the page as it stood on 3 August 2020. [Original page](https://web.archive.org/web/20200803004337/http://www.rampantscotland.com:80/annual/annual_sep.htm).

Links to pages not yet restored here lead to the original page or elsewhere on the web; 1 of 2 links on this page are restored on this site.