Iris Time
The bearded iris are early to flower this year due to the long hot spell here in Bracknell in April.
There are also...
An old friend in flower
This Iris was growing in my old Wilby garden when I moved in twenty three years ago and even with the first years of neglect...
The Dwarf Bulbous Iris Problem
This blog arises from a question by Alextb last week and some of the interesting comments that came up after I had dared...
Mini-Irises!
I have a new obsession, for late winter/early spring. It's called 'collecting as many different tiny Irises as I can!'
Well,...
February Flowers.
I've been posting photos of the flowers in my garden in bloom NOW. I suddenly thought that it would be nice to see them...
Cheer-up time for winter!
In my greenhouse this year I have some pots of bulbs, grown and kept in there ready for the cold months-they are there partly...
3 Let the Sun Shine
What a difference a couple of days of mild weather makes. On Sunday the garden was grey and damp immediatly after the snow...
Odds and Ends from Kazakhstan
In this blog, I will show some of the strange plants I saw on my holiday in Kazakhstan (the odds) and some of the endangered...
Other Bulbs from Kazakhstan
My previous blog on Kazakhstan concentrated on the tulips I saw so this time I will concentrate on representatives of the...
Spuria and Siberian Irises
A while back I was inquiring about the difference between spuria and Siberian irises. A Canadian grower sent this information...
