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No matter how much I learn about the garden, there’s always more to know. To plug the (many!) gaps in…

THE CREVICE INTENSIVEThey’re not a fad; they are here to stay. Crevice Gardens– like miniature mountains with small plants- are now…

 A very large, very old shrub blooms every year about this time no matter what the winter weather has been…

There is a growing body of research evidence suggesting plant psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy could be useful not only for the treatment…

Fevertrees do need regular disturbance to persist. They are not a large, robust tree by any means and can easily…

Spring flowers at the allotmentSince I’ve been behind, so, so behind with sharing photos of my plot, here’s a collection…

In response to questions such as ‘what plant is that?’ we need to keep in mind the uncertainty relating to…

When you plant a native plant, you might find it spreads aggressively around the yard, crowding out  other plants in…

Spring is one of the most exciting times in the garden, when our perennial plants start to poke their heads…

 Wake Robin Trillium (Trillium erectum), a precious spring ephemeralWithin you is a remembrance of being participant in the natural world.…

Golden rain tree. San Gabriel Mountains from the Bauer Lawn. MagnoliasView from the MeadowbrookView from the Meadowbrook [Disclaimer: The content in this…

It’s been a while-years- since I’ve written a lengthy taxonomic article on this blog. Unsurprisingly, it will be Nepenthes focused.…

Lady’s-slipper OrchidImage courtesy of Rob Still & Chris Gibsonhttps://plantatlas2020.org/atlas/2cd4p9h.xh1We’ve just published the latest issue of British & Irish Botany, the online, Open…

Can you maintain and honour a landscape design after the inevitable demise of the designer and the equally inevitable decline…

The reason for flowers is reproduction. Three major parts of a flower function to achieve this purpose. First, the gynoecium…

Over the years I have heard a lot of great things about Brazilian spinach.  Brazilian spinach is a perennial leaf…

  April is such an amazing month, it’s worth asking, “what’s not in bloom?” Clearly, many plants do not flower in April, but at UBC Botanical Garden…

Nestled in the rolling landscape of LaGrange, Georgia, Hills & Dales Estate is one of America’s most enchanting historic gardens,…

A lot of the time I can be shown an endangered plant, and not realise what it is, because I…

By Nancy Heuler Creating a home garden with California native plants can be fun and rewarding, while bringing wildlife and…

inspect-my-insect: undereyelouisvuittons: How can ants have farms? They’re too small to control the chickens and the pigs What’s that ya…

From time to time, a seedling will do a little fake-out, making me think that I’m getting one kind of…

Bentham and Hooker classification George Bentham and Joseph Dalton Hooker – Two English taxonomists who were closely associated with the…

By Steve Young With a title like this is was anybody’s guess what this book was about.  Michael Largo, author…

Deck the Halls with Boughs of Holly… But not until Christmas Eve, otherwise you’ll have bad luck! Once your holly…

East Lambrook Manor’s famous ditch with banks of Snowdrops, Galanthus sp. © Karen Andrews After the flurry of December’s Advent…

The New York Botanical Garden is a museum of plants, an educational institution, and a scientific research organization in the…

I August I returned from a trip around European botanic gardens. Starting in the Netherlands I visited gardens in Belgium,…

The city of Rabat, capital of Morocco, is a Unesco World Heritage site, and the Jardins d’Essai Botaniques, literally meaning…

Tweet The view from the top of Cerro Tararia. The area that we plan to explore is behind the ridge…

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Tradescantia sillamontana is in the family Commelinaceae. Commonly known as cobweb spiderwort, or white velvet tradescantia, it is endemic…

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Tiger Lily, Lilium columbianum (Liliaceae). 🌿🌼#tigerlily #liliumcolumbianum #lily #liliaceae #plants #botany #flowers #wildflowers #plantid #plantidentification #pnw (at Leavenworth, Washington)https://www.instagram.com/p/ByoDPebgGCH/?igshid=1d0c0udt74ug7 …

 Kicking the plastic habit – What about Silicone or Rubber?In my previous post, I neglected to mention two other materials…

Mounds of Zoysia matrella (Manila grass) along banks of canal leading to the seaI was walking along the main thoroughfare…

Where have the botanists in the kitchen been? In our writing rooms, working on other ways to bring you this…

We’ve thrown a lot of Fling information at you during the past few months (and years 😉 ), and it…

In 2020-21, who didn’t miss seeing friends and extended family, or dream of being able to celebrate with them again? Because outdoors is the…

Thanks to Grace at DBG and PlantSelect.If you know anyone new to this, which is basically essential in rock gardening…

 As many of TPP’s reader know Magnolia’s and nagnoliid flowers are a great favorite.  The collection  includes two species of…

If you’re looking for magic in your life, look no further than vegetative propagation. Take a snip off a shrub,…

Both caterpillars and adult moths are physically adapted to living within the slippery interior of the pitcher walls. Microscopic analyses…

True Blue Flowers at the allotment /part 1You know I love blue flowers, but you might have not noticed how…

Wallflower is a plant we used to see in cottage gardens a generation ago, bringing a splash of yellow and…

Bats are important pollinators in the tropics. Queen of the night, Epiphyllum oxypetalum, bat-pollinated cactus of the American tropics, now grown…

If you’ve visited Winterbourne recently and wandered through the lean-to glasshouse, you’ll no doubt have found yourself marvelling at the…

Our best attempt at a selfie, however I also think this photo captures our current spontaneityWhen last I checked in,…

Garden Calendars for Southern CaliforniaSeasonal plants_planting schedule.pdfYearly Planting Guide Monthly Gardening Guide for Southern California and Similar Climates – EtsyPosts…

I am happy to announce that I will co-author a two-volume monograph dedicated to the carnivorous plant genus Heliamphora, the…

How many of Britain’s endemic plants have you seen, or even heard of? These are the plants which grow only…

“A mat of long, thin filaments that connect an estimated 90 per cent of land plants” (Nakaya 2018)Welcome to the wood-wide…

In a garden setting, a successful groundcover is a plant that is durable and adaptable, spreads readily, and fills in…

For sale in Australia perennial vegetables, heirloom vegetable seeds, edible herb plants, organic berry plants, and a few non-edible plants…

Interested in a career in horticulture, gardening, forestry or landscape architecture? UBC Botanical Garden’s Horticulture Training Program (HTP) is the…

Inspiring Events and Garden ToursSocieties organize a rich calendar of activities that inspire creativity and broaden horticultural horizons. Members enjoy…

Back in 2020 Juniper wrote a post, 7 Plants You’ll Be Seeing More Of As Model Species. A model plant…

By Justin Garwood, Mike van Hattem, Tony LaBanca, Ken Lindke, Gordon Leppig, and Michael Kauffmann A BIOGEOGRAPHIC CROSSROADS High in…

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And then I caught a cold, so there went another week. This year I seem to be catching every single…

Angiosperms form the most dominant group of plants with at least 253,300 species (Thorne, 2007). Angiosperms are also found in…

If you are looking for more current information and photos about New York’s flora, check out our Facebook or Instagram…

The Lost and Found Fungi (LAFF) project have been travelling the country, teaching fungal enthusiasts DNA barcoding… With attention to…

March Hares in front of Wisley’s Glasshouse. Dancing Hares bronze sculpture by Sophie Ryder. © Karen Andrews In early March,…

The New York Botanical Garden is a museum of plants, an educational institution, and a scientific research organization in the…

A bit of ‘cheating’ here as I relocated my bryophyte specimens from my first venture into bryology back in 2006…

The Alcazar de los Reyes Christianos (Alcazar of the Christian Kings) blends the formality of royal palace gardens with the…

Tweet At 2700 m above sea-level on the northern slopes of an un-named mountain. This elfin forest is very humid…

 MICHELIA CHAMPACA L.Systematic Position:  Division: Phanerogams     Sub-div.: Angiosperms         Class: Dicotyledons              Sub-class: Polypetalae                    Series: Thalamiflorae                        Order:…

Hymenocallis is a genus of plants in the family Amaryllidaceae. Containing over 60 species, they are native to the…

 On Monday 2nd January at 11am and until 1pm there will be a 5k fun run around the paths of…

Enchanter’s-Nightshade, Circaea alpina (Onagraceae). 🌸🍀 Circaea is named after the Greek Goddess Circe, an enchantress. Interestingly, though the specific epithet…

Photo by Scott Ruether, CC BY 2.0 When making up alien creatures, imagination has no bounds. Alien characters in sci-fi stories…

Looking out at the ocean from the balcony of a Celebrity cruise shipWe took a cruise this month, and we…

Head over to our site Gather and Sow for the March 2026 newsletter. “Light Iris” by Georgia O’Keefe (1924). You…

Opening Night: Thursday, June 234:30 to 5:30 pm: Stop by our table in the Concourse Hotel lobby, to pick up…

Our back yard transformation began with the demolition of our +30-year-old cedar shed and construction of a big, beautiful new Urban…

 Santa Fe Botanic emailed me recently and asked how to define and categorize some plants into their database, which I…

Any way you want to slice it our gardens are suffering through a drought. Areas that would be called “lawn”…

I had a mild panic attack the first time I bought a washing machine. I was twenty-eight and a housemate…

At this point, it should be obvious that for this species to persist, its habitat needs to be maintain via…

Puccinia urticata on Urtica dioicaIt’s hard to walk by banks covered in common nettle without noticing this fiery and gruesome…

This week’s plant will be familiar to anyone who has a garden with a herbaceous border. We are at a…

They are beautiful flowers Fuchsia magellanica flowersFuchsias are a group of some 105 species, native mostly to South America, in the…

If you were the vicar of a rural parish in the early 20th century, what would you get up to?…

 Amos crossing a bridge on the Chuck Keiper TrailWhat a joy it was to walk, simply walk, following a singular…

Bird (male House Finch) flapping wings to startle insects out of the flowers of an Australian Grass Tree (Xanthorrhoea quadrangulata) Iris…

Hello all,Long time no see ;-)On February 2025, I had the chance to climb the fabled Mount Roraima in Venezuela to explore…

For the last three years, we have launched our autumn membership special offer by saying that ‘in a rapidly changing world, our…

Allan Trott’s (mistake-free?) knot garden at Ashburton in Aotearoa/New ZealandWhen I asked my wife what she thought of my most…

Prunella vulgaris can be found all over the place. It has also been used to treat just about everything. What…

You should make kombucha (чайный гриб or chayniy grib) at home to drink and for your children to drink.  It is…

  March is a tricky month for predicting flowers. The weather prognosticators have gotten a little better over the years, but predicting more…

The Tropical Stream Garden transports you into a tropical rainforest with a gurgling stream. The towering palms, banyans, bananas, and…

Today we celebrate Dydd Gŵyl Dewi, though the day of the second most famous Welsh saint is actually tomorrow. It’s…

California Trees: A Field Guide to the Native Species Review by Brett Hall California’s native trees have always invited curiosity.…

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Jayyvon isn’t doing anything bizarre that needs explanation like 1332 Alexis Gabrielle Sherrington or 1715 Tyler Linoleum; I’m giving him…

Economic aspects of applied anatomy: Economic Aspects of Applied Anatomy There Are Occasions When Herbarium Botanists Find That It Is…

This winter has been the perfect testament to the climate change our state (and the whole planet) is experiencing. In…