Bluebells at King’s Wood, Challock

Bluebells

King’s Wood at Challock, Kent is just a couple of miles down the road from my home and so with the sun out the wife and I went for a trek to see the bluebells (Hyacinthoides non-scripta) which appear there every year. Of course it also gave me a good excuse to take my camera and get … Read more

Cordyline australis

Cordyline australis, Cabbage Tree, Cabbage Palm, or Torquay Palm

The first thing that you’ll see in our garden is a tall palm-like tree which I now know is called Cordyline autralis but can also be known as a Cabbage Tree, Cabbage Palm, or Torbay Palm. The tree is native to New Zealand but can be found in many gardens around the UK as well … Read more

Identifying plants in the garden

RHS - How to Garden Book

Unless you’re Alan Titchmarsh or you’ve kept the labels then you’re probably not going to know the names of all the plants in your garden, if any, and that’s the case with me. In some cases I’ve got a rough idea and in some cases I’ve got no idea so I thought it would be … Read more