John Grimshaw's Garden Diary

One of the largest rhododendrons in the collection, R. basilicum One of the smallest: R. petrocharis , Jim Russell's own collecti...

Pleione Britannia 'Doreen' I came home from the arboretum this afternoonn to find that the pots of Pleione in the 'conserva...

Magnolia 'Star Wars'  Flowers in my parents' garden today, where we have been celebrating my mother's birthday. Gla...

Galanthus nivalis 'Susan Grimshaw' My mother, Susan Grimshaw, has a significant birthday today, to commemorate which I have dec...

Rhododendron hyacinthosmum , a vireya from Papua New Guinea with a delicious scent reminiscent of, but much nicer than, hyacinths.  I am...

The flowers of Acer pycnanthum , a rare Japanese species, at Arboretum Wespelaar. A lowering sky on Friday afternoon soon delivered i...

The Silver Sebrights helping as I dig the border: they are very fond of small snails. With the weather having finally turned for the bet...