A Digital Botanic Garden

One of the joys of spring is to watch buds develop and then burst - exquisite shapes with all the beauty of the flowers packaged within.  ...

Pasque flower usually flowers in our garden around Eastertide, but this year an early Easter and an exceptionally la...

I was never a great fan of Cyclamen until I started buying this little beauty, C.hederifolium , as a winter house plant. It ticks all the b...

The darkest days of winter in our garden have been brightened by the scented flowers of Viburnum bodnantense '...

Some snow adds a touch of magic to a botanic garden in winter. These pictures were taken today in Durham University Botanic Garden ...

It came as a surprise to me that red-hot pokers thrive in my garden here in North East England. If you ...

Ever since masterwort Astrantia major was introduced into British gardens in 1597, from its native central and ...