This is the time of year when many plants, big and small, are producing seed for next year.
Plant Focus: Seeds
Plant Focus: Nasturtium
A bonnie floo’er that you can add to salads – the Nasturtium is an easy to grow plant and a great one to get bairns interested in gardening.
Plant Focus: Ferns
Estimates of how many species of ferns there are ranges from 10,500 to 15,000.
Plant Focus: Rowan
The Rowan is a native tree great for pollinators in the Spring with its flowers and in the Autumn red berries are a feast for birds.
Plant Focus: Foxglove
Foxgloves are an important source of pollen for bees.
Plant Focus: Mint
Mint is grown for its leaves which are great chopped up fresh in a whole range of recipes and can be infused to make a refreshing ‘tea’.
Plant Focus: Peony
In Japan they represent good fortune as well as a righteous and noble spirit.
The Buds That Never Become Flowers
Cauliflowers, and Romanescos in particular, are in fact buds that are designed to become flowers but which never reach their goal.
Plant Focus: Yellow Iris
The yellow iris is thought by some to be the original ‘fleur-de-lis’ – a common symbol of heraldry.
Plant Focus: Ragged Robin
The flowers are an important source of nectar for butterflies and long-tongued bees.
