John Grimshaw's Garden Diary

Mt Everest, 30 July 1988, from the ridge above Kala Pattar ( c . 18,400') Today is the sixtieth anniversary of the ascent of Everest...

Evening in the Palm House, Kew, the splendidly named Caryota no in top right. The giant plastic pineapple on the lake at Kew, viewed...

Arriving, mostly. Taking an order. 'You look divine as you advance, but have you seen yourselves retreating?' In th...

Lilies from R.W. Hyde: photos of Chelseas past line the Great Pavilion. Blackmore & Langdon have exhibited at every Chelsea Sh...

Epiphyllum 'Reichskanzler Adolph Hitler' or 'Sherman E. Beahm' My former employer in Holland, the late Kees Sahin, in a...

It's a busy time at the Yorkshire Arboretum, with lots going on in every way. Most importantly, spring is surging ahead and the trees ...

Ripe seed of Eranthis hyemalis - in this case 'Zitronenfalter' Each year there seems to be one day when the seed of Winter Acon...