A book review on Claire Austin’s 2021 book ‘Peonies’

Maintenance is an obsession for many, but usually in avoiding it. Pick your battles and plan your work, saving it for plants you love.

A though on Weather Patterns and the value of rain and how we often become over confident that rain is enough to establish plants.

Looking out of my office window I have had the long, new stems of a white-flowered Buddleja davidii that I bred a few years ago whip backwar

With all the wonderful plants looking good at the moment, let us not forget the value of plants grown primarily for their foliage.

there are many fungi species that greatly strengthen plants, forming symbiotic relationships with them to aid root development...

Alternative Plant of the Moment - End February 2020 - Here is excellent alternative plant choice for late February through to March.

Top 5 Tender Climbing Plants to Grow from Seed for Temperate Gardens. UK.

An unusual choice for a plant of the moment. You may or may not agree, but one thing is for sure, you will have an opinion on this plant!

The wonderful bulb of Gagea lutea, the Yellow Star of Bethlehem. A fantastic plant we should see and grow more often.

Alternative Plant of the Moment for Late January 2020 - Leucothoe 'Carinella'

A guide on how to understand and use scale in Garden & Landscape Design drawings. Technical Drawing

Obituary for veteran Garden Designer John Brookes