CABINET OF CURIOSITIES

There has been some debate about whether cornflowers Centaurea cyanus are native to the British Isles. According to the New Atlas of the B...

I've often wondered why bloody cranesbill Geranium sangineum is so-called, because the flower is magenta, not the colour of blood at a...

This year, for the first time, scarlet lily beetles Lilioceris lilii appeared in my garden. There were only two, which turned out to be a m...