A Digital Botanic Garden

" Helmet-fluore, or the great Monkes-hood, beareth very faire and goodly blew floures in a shape like a helmet; whi...

I've waited seven years for this. Back in 2007 I bought a small plant of giant fennel Ferula communis , when I was mainly attracted ...

June is the peak month for lupin flowers, although they don't seem to be such popular border plants as they once were.  ...

A large prickly pear cactus, like this Opuntia macrocentra that comes from the Pecos region of Texas, is a thing of beauty when in ful...

If we had enough space in our back garden I would plant one of the large flowered, tree-sized Magnolia species or hybrids - probably M. ...

Long ago I promised myself that the next garden I have will be designed around the seating. Before I do anything else I'll identify the...

For most of the year Azara microphylla isn't a very impressive plant - just a rather straggly shrub with masses of small, glossy...