When we moved here, eight years ago, we had three very small clumps of unidentified bamboo. Idiotically I only removed one - and decided...

The popular shrubby salvia is really easy to propagate and now is the time to do it. If your friend has a nice example of Hot Lips (the...

We are on holiday - island hopping in the Atlantic while our alter egos, Dick and Susie, (yes really) stay at our house in France to...

This evening I am wandering around the garden at what I hope will be the end of the last canicule of 2022, notebook in hand. I want to...

Spurge is the common name for wild euphorbias - a little acid green plant common in some meadows and verges. They are members of a...

We are experiencing wonderful weather for early May. Sunshine, little wind and high temperatures - temperatures of 28C and 29C are...

I love fritillarias, but have had difficulties growing them in France. This has been disappointing because although they look delicate...

Dahlias are easy to grow, they come in a profusion of shapes, sizes and colours, flower from summer until late autumn and you can both...

When I start to choose spring flowering bulbs I behave like a child in a sweet shop. I end up with a basket full of more than I can...

Perfect opportunity this week to reshape a border I have been meaning to attend to for the last year. I want to square up the grass area...

Over the last 10 days I have been collecting the last of my summer seeds - and there is time to collect more. Sunny days, when seed heads...

Plant of the week: Graptopetalum paraguayense - also known as the Leatherpetal or Ghost Plant. This succulent is very happy in well...

They are succulents.... not a formal botanical classification but a name given to plants which store water in fleshy stems, leaves or...

I read somewhere that the three most popular French flowering plants are the rose, the peony and the iris –and it is not hard to...