Good morning and welcome to another Six on Saturday; a veritable pick and mix of gardening sweeties. Choose your goodies, then head over to The Propagator to weigh and pay. If you’re feeling naughty, you can shove a few extras in your pockets too. First up: dip your grubby fingers into the box and pull …
With Corydalis integra now in full growth, I thought I’d do a post about this unfussy but charming plant. It is a close relative of the better known and more widely grown Corydalis solida, and it looks very similar too. The ‘integra’ of it’s name (latin for whole or entire) refers to the bracts (the …
It’s been a pretty varied week here in Brum: heavy snow on Sunday, almost reaching -5 degrees overnight; mild by the end of the week, just about getting above 10 degrees during the day. Whilst the weather is changeable, Six on Saturday is not: another Saturday, another Six horticultural highlights. Even more highlights are available …
As promised in last week’s Weedy Weekday post, today’s subject is myrmecochory, otherwise known as seed dispersal by ants. Myrmecochory The use of ants in dispersing seeds is a relatively common phenomenon, despite not being something that is as widely acknowledged as, say, wind dispersal. (Wind dispersal is referred to as ‘anemochory’, if you’re interested). …
Happy weekend and welcome to another Six on Saturday. I am again joining with The Propagator and the other Six on Saturday folks in presenting you with six photos of garden-ish things. After last week’s indoor alternative, I have ventured back in to the garden to seek out the Orphic emergence from the underworld of …
It’s time for another Weedy Weekday! This is an extremely intermittent series of blog posts that used to appear on the old blog. I think it’s pretty self-explanatory: weeds. On a weekday. So without further ado… Cyclamen hederifolium This is in fact one of three cyclamen seedlings I have found in the greenhouse. The one …
Plants in Film Good morning, I’m glad to be back joining in on all the Six on Saturday shenanigans once again. There are many, many more posts containing six photos of things on a Saturday over at The Propagator. For my part, having been out in the wet and cold all week, I didn’t much …
It’s good to be back, after a year’s break, with a spot of tree following. First things first, if you’d like to find some other tree following posts, click on the picture below. Now to the task in hand: finding a suitable candidate. Choosing a tree To find my tree I headed over to our …
I have a bit more time available to me at this time of year, so I’m trying to make the most of it. As I was pootling about, attempting to bring order to all the various pots and plants, I noticed a few signs of life. Despite being the middle of winter, below is one …
Things are beginning to take shape (regarding Kind Hearts and Corydalis’ new virtual home), so I thought I’d write a short post to say hello and introduce our new home. This website is the online manifestation of my collection of plants. These are predominantly Corydalis and Dicentra, along with a few friends such as the …