There are so many things to say about Dahlia selecting and growing. It’s not just the luscious gorgeous-ness of the flower nor the vibrancy of available colours nor the elegant detail of the flower shapes and sizes not even it’s excellence as a cutting material or indeed how it holds it’s own in a mixed…
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Plant of the Month – July – Helenium
I am a recent convert to Helenium I must admit but since finding them am an avid fan. They are one of those wonderful daisy shapes that looks good coming into, in flower and in the final demise. It also comes in a good many options in the yellow/orange/red spectrum. Named for Helen of Troy…
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Plant of the Month – May – Iris
Plant of the month in May will always be an Iris for me, closely followed I will admit by a Peony. The only way to describe it is that I got into Irises by accident which you can read about in more depth here But once in it’s very hard to let them go. The…
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Plant of the Month – April – Euphorbia
One of the largest plant families having around 2000 members in the genus. The plants share features such as poisonous milky white sap and unusual floral structures. The range of plants in the Euphorbiaceae family is huge (around 2000 members) from ground hugging annuals (Euphorbia inneuphidia) to tall trees (Euphorbia dendroides), the vibrant Christmas Pointsettia…
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Plant of the Month – March, Magnolia
A remarkably ancient plants species fossil records indicate that the Magnoliacea family might be as much as 100 million years old. Unsurprisingly the plants are often beetle pollinated in their native homelands, Asia and the America’s. Introduced to Europe before the mid 1800’s the family was named named by Linnaeus after the re known…
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Plant of the month – January – Chimonanthus praecox
January is a barren month, cold wet skies, low grey cloud sucking the colour out of everything before your very eyes. This year has been slightly brighter with the recently mild weather encouraging many plants to burst forth with leaf and bud. Plenty of snow drops (Galanthus) and pale yellow primroses (Primula vulgaris) dotted amongst…
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