CABINET OF CURIOSITIES

Last week we found this very early-blooming spurge laurel Daphne laureola coming into bloom on the bank of the river Tyne, near Hexham in N...

Few of our native wild flowers have such beautiful fruits, but such an unpleasant name, as stinking iris Iris foetidissima . I grew some pl...

Succulent leaves are common in drought-tolerant plants from arid environments but they are not a feature of many plants that are native t...

T here are always landmarks in the changing seasons that I look out for and this is one that's particularly welcome at this time...