Growing With Plants

Plant Trials

Growing Annual Vines in Pots

Plant Trials

My Surprising Nicotiana Trial Results

Plant Trials

Salpiglossis Techniques and Trials

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A Comprehensive review of all the wrong ways to grow Salpiglossis found on the Internet.

Ume Plum Viewing in Tokyo

March 1, 2008

Above the stairway at the Ume Plum temple, signage guides visitors as the Ume plums which are over 250 years old, bloom behind on…

Tokyo -Day one

February 29, 2008

Cotton Candy Pink Primroses- at the train station. My first day in Tokyo was filled with shopping, shopping and shopping for my day job…

Lesser winter bulbs

February 22, 2008

Asphodelus acaulis This small, winter blooming bulb is the perfect candidate for a potted alpine bulb collection for an alpine house, or a plunge…

The trouble with Lupines

February 18, 2008

Russell Lupines at the Chelsea Flower Show The chatter amongst those in-the-know about lupines is that suddenly, they’ve become difficult to grow well. It’s…

Hyacinthus orientalis magnificus

February 16, 2008

Dutch multistemmed Hyacinth “Festival Blue”They say that we remember scent, better than anything. For me, nothing say’s “spring is coming” more than the scent…

Rare South African Lachenalia from Seed

February 10, 2008

Rare species, such as this green-flowering variant of the more common, L. aloides, Lachenalia aloides var.Vanzyliae can only be obtained by seed. Now that…

Bargain Excellence and Authenticity =TUBEROU$ BEGONIA$

January 27, 2008

Blackmore & Langdon’s Tuberous Begonias at Chelsea Flower Show, London Just as with so many other things which are evaluated, judged and valued; plants…