Plant of the Month – November 2019

Plant of the Month – November 2019

NANDINA ‘BLUSH PINK’ Nandina Domestica ‘Blush Pink’ is a particularly flamboyant cultivar with blush pink young foliage in spring. The new growth retains its pink hue throughout the summer developing to fiery red shades in autumn and winter....
Plant of the Month – September 2019

Plant of the Month – September 2019

Dracaena is a popular houseplant with origins in Madagascar and other Indian Ocean islands. The origin of the plant name comes from the ancient Greek word Drakaina or ‘female dragon,’ due to a red gum-like resin in the stems of dracaena that was likened to...
Plant of the Month – August 2019

Plant of the Month – August 2019

Carnivorous Plants Carnivorous plants are plants that derive some or most of their nutrients(but not energy) from trapping and consuming animals, typically insects. Carnivorous plants have adapted to grow in places where the soil is thin or poor in nutrients...
Plant of the Month – July 2019

Plant of the Month – July 2019

Hydrangea Hydrangeas are dense, deciduous bushes bearing very large flowers heads throughout summer. Flower heads are either ‘mophead’ with a large rounded flower cluster, or ‘lacecap’ with a center of smaller flowers surrounded by larger four...
Plant of the Month – June 2019

Plant of the Month – June 2019

With so many plants now coming into flower, it is just too hard to nominate just one particular plant. So we have split the list; Shrubs, Climbers and Perennial Roses (Shrubs) A rose is a woody perennial flowering plant of the genus Rosa, in the family Rosaceae, or...
Plant of the Month – May 2019

Plant of the Month – May 2019

Mr. D has again picked two plants for us… we should change the name of these posts to ‘Plants of the Month’… Ceanothus ‘Californian Lilac’ Californian Lilac are renowned for their prolific flowering in spring. The flowers appear in...