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Plant of the Day
Sunday 2 April 2023
The low growing evergreen Vinca difformis (intermediate periwinkle) by early spring is covered in white flowers. This is a vigorous plant and is ideal as groundcover for a shaded area or on a woodland garden.
Jill Raggett
Plant of the Day
Wednesday 14 December 2022
A vigorous, deciduous climber Vitis coignetiae (crimson glory vine) provides a splendid display of autumn colour and develops stems of flaking bark.
Jill Raggett
Plant of the Day
Thursday 15 December 2022
Flowering from late autumn through to the spring Viburnum farreri (Farrer viburnum) fills the air with scent. This is a large, upright deciduous shrub which provides a display of autumn colour before the clusters of flowers open.
Jill Raggett
Plant of the Day
Sunday 10 July 2022
This display of carnivorous plants at the Royal Horticultural Society Hampton Court Flower Show included a great specimen of Drosera binata (forked sundew) and various species and cultivars of Sarracenia (pitcher plants, trumpet pitchers). These plants are adapted to derive some or most of their nutrients from trapping and consuming animals, normal insects.
Jill Raggett
Plant of the Day
Friday 21 October 2022
As a short-lived perennial Oenothera stricta 'Sulphurea' (evening primrose) may not survive the winter but is worth the effort for the scented, lemon-yellow flowers which open from red buds and mature to a soft orange. The plant may self-seed needing a sunny, sheltered location.
Jill Raggett
Plant of the Day
Tuesday 21 September 2021
Another great display of local East of England Malus domestica cultivars (apples). The exhibit was provided by the ‘Orchards for All’ project which encourages and celebrates growing local varieties in community orchards.
Jill Raggett
Plant of the Day
Tuesday 18 May 2021
In the centre of Cambridge, UK, a Wisteria sinensis (Chinese wisteria) has stems woven through the ironwork on the top of a wall and is producing a magnificent display of fragrant, pea-like flowers. This large deciduous climber has twining stems and the flowers are more visible because it flowers on bare stems or just emerging foliage. There are named cultivars in shades of mauve, pink and white.
Jill Raggett
Plant of the Day
Thursday 17 February 2022
A woodland plant from China, Japan and Korea Adonis amurensis (Amur adonis, pheasant's eye) flowers in the shelter of the cool glasshouse. The yellow flowers last for several weeks and the leaves emerge towards the end of flowering. By early summer, the plant will have died back and gone dormant.
Jill Raggett
