Plants in Season

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 […]

It is hard not to like Paeonia (Peony) and whilst these are usually considered to be summer flowering there are some varieties that are in flower now.  Over the next […]

Caley member Colin has sent in some photos of the plants looking good in his garden at the moment.  Personally, I have very few yellow flowers in my own garden […]

We have just for a few more Auriculas to share this week.  However this is now the time those of us who grow Auriculas will soon be removing offsets to […]

April is quite early for Auriculas but we are now into May which is probably their best month.  But the Banff Spring Show, which is usually the last weekend in […]

As the season progresses so do the range and variety of Auriculas.  These showy plants take up very little room – everyone should have at least one.       […]