Like yesterdays plant this another swap with Michael Wickenden and another interesting tropical looking plant to add a touch of the exotic to the late summer garden. Hedychium densiflorum ‘Assam Orange’ is a relative of the culinary ginger…which unfortunately makes... [more]

I swapped a Celmisia for this hardy Impatiens with Michael Wickenden at Cally Gardens in Gatehouse of Fleet. It is a plant collector’s paradise and if you are ever in the Dumfries & Galloway area Cally is most certainly a... [more]

When someone describes a leaf as ‘Heart shaped’ there can be no better representation than this leaf in all its beautiful scarlet autumnal colour. This is ‘Cercis canadensis Forest Pansy’ or at least it is a single leaf up close... [more]

There is no Journal entry today. It is show 12 of 13 at Radio Teesdale. You can listen or join in the program via internet radio by visiting www.radioteesdale.co.uk between 7pm and 9pm BST and clicking on ‘listen live’…If you... [more]

My wife is weird! There’s no two doubts about it, actually ‘sick’ is a better word some might think. I know she is a biologist and has a fascination with the natural world, I know she’s interested in insects, birds... [more]