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...