A Digital Botanic Garden

Arisaema species are relatives of our native British wild arum or cuckoo pint ( Arum maculatum ), but are somewhat more elegant,...

Once smelled, never forgotten: the voodoo lily Dracunculus vulgaris has one of the most eye-wateringly awful aromas of any plant. It grows...

As spring approaches, what plants spring to mind? Snowdrops? Primroses? Daffodils? If you lived in the Pacific Northwest of America you...

Safflower Carthamnus tinctorius is a very ancient crop plant, cultivated at least since the time of the ancient Egyptians. The orange flore...

This photo shows rather nicely why Aquilegia species are commonly known as columbines. The name columbine comes from columba, the Latin w...

I've only ever grown this wonderful plant once, raising it from seed and coaxing it to produce this single cluster of fabulous flowers...

I’ve only ever grown the the parachute plant Ceropegia sandersonii once and then not very successfully – just when it was covered in thes...