Who am ‘I’ and who are ‘you’ and who are ‘we’…?!

Who I am, and some assumptions I’m making about you!

7 Reasons to grow Berberis darwinii

A well known shrub for the discerning gardener.

Is evergreen always best?

When I visit familiar gardens I will often visit certain specific plants through the year to see how they grow.

These iconic shrubs aren’t the easiest plants to grow.

Any plant that gives colour and scent in winter must be worth growing.

This unusual evergreen is surprisingly easy to grow.

Is it right to ignore a whole family just because they reproduce a certain way?

This interesting genus offers interesting plants for a mild garden or cold greenhouse.

Some things have changed quite a bit, while others remain the same…