ROCK ROSE

Several years ago, in the spring, a friend gave me a cutting of the plant Orthosiphon aristatus , more commonly called Cat's Whiskers or...

I must have drunk thousands of cups of tea in my life so it was no surprise that on Monday, when a group of volunteers met in the volunteer ...

Three weeks ago, when I returned from vacation, I moved all my cactus and succulents under cover. Temperatures were at 100º or close to ever...

We made a return visit to Holehird Gardens this summer. We were staying at a B&B in Troutbeck village, Cumbria, and were delighted to fi...

PERSIMMON The native Texas persimmon, Diospyros texana , grows wild in my garden. A small tree with exfoliating bark which exposes a pink w...