A Digital Botanic Garden

Garden plants drift in and out of fashion and this vibrant, late summer-flowering species seems to have been well enough known in Edwardian ...

Mel, over at Sandy Wildlife  has posted a fascinating piece about Dodder Cuscuta europaea , one of the most interesting British native flowe...

I think garden nasturtiums Tropaeolum majus were probably the first plants that I ever grew when I was a child. They are perfect for kids -...

This strange mutant of the greater plantain Plantago major has been documented for over 400 years. It's commonly known as the rose plan...

I like a nice cup of cacoa - and this is where it comes from. This is the flower of cacao, Theobroma cacao , source of chocolate. These flow...

In 1825 a French nurseryman called Monsieur Adam grafted a purple-flowered specimen of broom Chamaecytisus purpureus onto a yellow laburnum...

I can't remember how long I've had this Aeonium - it must be a decade at least - and throughout that time it has produced nothing b...