Plants in Season

Daffodils, often in large plantings, are now brightening many parks and gardens. The more vigorous types such as the trumpets or large cupped are the most often seen.   Yellow is […]

Crocus are now brightening up many public open spaces.  They  like well-drained soil and sun. But do watch for mice as they like crocus corms. Unlike snowdrops crocus come in […]

Despite the very cold spell recently, snowdrops are coming into flower. They are very hardy and can even push though frozen soil. The early white flowers are often seen as […]

Thousands of poinsettias will have been bought for Christmas. With care, they can stay as colourful additions to a room until Easter. They have been developed from a wild species, […]

You may think that your garden can be dull in the winter months, but as Anna’s pictures show, there is plenty of colour around. All of these images were taken […]

Many bulbs come from countries with hot, dry summers so they either flower in spring as winter snow melts or in autumn when rain starts them back into growth. Several […]

With the slightly cooler temperatures some, but not all Paeonia have decided to slow down their progress towards flowering. These two images show the delightful change in colour over time […]

We seem to be having a bit of a purple day here at The Caley and it is not just because of my own particular bias against yellow flowers! These […]

As we move into June there will be more images of Paeonia in our gardens.  Most of the blooms this week originally came from Binny Plants but one of them […]

When you think of Paeonia (Peonies) you probably expect a brightly coloured, big, blousy flower But there are a less common species which are perhaps a little less blousy. Sometimes […]