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I have grown this plant from seed, no idea what it is called the flower forms from the leaves like borgonvillia, I think thats how you spell it.  My wife tells me its a wild plant, if it is I am going to fill my garden with them.  Can anyone tell me

Hi everyone, i was given some seeds by a friend of a flower which i have grown 2 years running.  it produces lovely green leaves with very small darker green spots, "smaller than a pin head" it has pretty lilac flowers, (i am told by my friend you

's gardens.  It occupies a similar environment as the valerian which grows wild everywhere. It has grey-green foliage and a profusion of small white flowers which have come out in the last week or two.  Some of the clumps have grown really quite large

, three came along at once.A green-veined white, Pieris napi, was the first to appear, fluttering down to examine the mock orange flowers. This is probably the most widespread of the ‘cabbage’ whites, since it occurs commonly throughout the British Isles

Should snowdrops be planted in spring in-the-green (after the flowers have died down but when their foliage is still green and lush) or as dry bulbs in autumn? It's a question that divides opinion in even the most prestigious horticultural circles

it is white if it isn't flowering - I have seen it flower in the past.  It also flowered very early on in the season - not alot but it did flower. Since then it has got greener and filled out. But just now of that lovely white flower : (I have noticed when I

damson and half greengage, grafted on to one rootstock. It has grown well but stubbornly refused to flower at all. It's nota pollenation problme, there simply are no flowers.Then this year it produced two tiny flowers together. One of these has set, so we

A ring or whorl of sepals, which may be coloured and petal-like or green. Helps to protect the flower in bud.

The leaf-like outer segment at the base of a flower that resembles a petal. A division of the clayx that's usually green, but may be coloured.

Recently I bought a pot of bulbs with foliage at a Bring & Buy. The bulbs are sitting proud of the soil and are really green.Â� The foliage is bright green, strappy leaves but floppy.  I confess, even as an avid gardener, I have no idea what