ROCK ROSE

Fifteen years ago we took out of town visitors to the cactus show. They very kindly bought me two plants for my young garden. A large pot of...

As I sit here, housebound, with my foot up (surgery on Friday to remove a piece of glass) I am reminded of how different last Sunday was. Wi...

Earlier this year I wrote about how I appreciated having several of our roadside mullein plants, Verbascum , in the garden for their early r...

Having a cottage-style garden is one of the most difficult gardens to have even though many say it is the easiest. It isn't just a matte...

It is likely I would never have noticed the fragrance of this little flower had it not been at nose level last year. Not would I have notice...

It may seem strange that in my front courtyard garden, protected from deer by walls, I have mainly native plants. This is partly due to the ...