Or maybe that should be " some roses are red".  This one is - Darcey Bussell (and she smells gorgeous too) But others aren...

Can anyone help identify this plant?  It's appeared in a very shady spot in the garden, and I have no recollection at all of planting an...

Some plants are simply winners aren't they?  This magnificent Cedric Morris iris opened this week, for the first time ever.  I bought it...

Well not exactly lavender (yet), but many of the plants flowering in my garden today happen to be in various shades of blue. (ajuga, cam...

When I moved here the garden was covered with bluebells, not the native ones but spanish ones - still pretty but rather invasive.  I've ...

Something strange is happening with my tulips.  Mostly they have multiplied nicely since last year - Doll's Minuet now has 16 blooms c...

The first clematis of the year have opened this week, a real sign that the gardening year is getting going.  I love these early flowered one...