Meet Sarah Palin, the Alaskan moose skinning former beauty queen who has been governor of Alaska for 2 years, here showing the skills that make her ideally qualified to potentially have her finger on the nuclear button. For me it... [more]

Paths have always held a fascination for me. Who has walked this way? When? Why? And where are they now? All these questions that seem to arise at any gateway or meeting of paths such as in today’s image which... [more]

The famous gardener Margery Fish had a favourite Penstemon from her garden called ‘Unripe Grapes’, which was described as a “3ft plant of soft purple-blue with an iridescent bloom”, this plant later became the variety we know today as ‘Sour... [more]

The perennial Asters, which include the Michaelmas Daisies, are invaluable for late summer/autumn colour. Their blooms in shades of white, pink, purple, and lavender provide exquisite contrast in the garden against the range of russet colours that dominate at this... [more]

Coming from the Trompenburg arboretum in Holland, this superb Japanese Maple is suitably named ‘Trompenburg’….It always reminds me of the lady who, a few years back, came up to me with an erigeron called ‘Pink jewel’ and asked me what... [more]