September 3rd, 2010
Carnivorous plants are not as hard to grow as you might imagine. There are several ways you can grow interesting displays of these
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September 2nd, 2010
The mushroom we see is the fruiting part of a fungus that distributes the spores of the fungus for its own reproduction.
Fungus Facts
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September 1st, 2010
‘The Garden of Reading: An Anthology of Twentieth-century Short Fiction About Gardens and Gardeners’ edited by Michele
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August 31st, 2010
Double flowers are generally ‘Gardener bred’ and not naturally available in the wild.
Doubles are harder for insects to
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August 30th, 2010
If you like daisy flowers then you will love Anthemis. A couple of varieties, to grow, are shown above and detailed below.
Anthemis
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August 28th, 2010
Tigridia is also called the Mexican shell flower or the Tiger Flower due to its shape and spotted petals.
Facts about Tigridia
This
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August 27th, 2010
A colourful carpet of ground cover plants may be a creative, low maintenance alternative to a lawn. Alternatively a pattern of coloured
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August 26th, 2010
Vegetation of open habitats can be an interesting form of study for the keen gardener. Knowing what grows where in the wild, inform us
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August 24th, 2010
Witch Hazel or Hamamelis is a scented winter-flowering shrub. The spicy fragrance and spidery flowers in yellow, orange or red make it
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August 23rd, 2010
Orchid flowers are available in so many different colours and forms.
It struck me that both of these Orchids had the look of Pansy
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