America

Records demonstrate that in 1830 ships were regularly bound for the the United States and Canada, exporting cargoes that included Thread, Twine,Yarn, Stationery items, Stockings and even snuff-boxes and confectionery.

Dundee maintains links to this day, including through the Town Twinning arrangement with Alexandria in Virginia, near Washington DC.

Planting within the garden includes:

• Stipa Gigantea (Golden Oats / Giant Feather Grass)
• Miscanthus Sinensis Gracillimus
• Echinacea Purpurea (Purple Cone Flower / Black Samson)
• Liatris Spicata (Button Snakewort)
• Salvia Ostfriesland (Balkan Clary ‘Ostfriesland’)
• Origanum Herrenhausen (Oregano)
• Sedum Matrona (Stonecrop)

Additional plants from America and other regions of the world can also be found within the University of Dundee’s Botanic Garden – open to the public throughout the year on Riverside Drive near Dundee Airport.