John Grimshaw's Garden Diary

Sea Bindweed Calystegia soldanella at Spurn Head Sea Bindweed in classic habitat at the edge of sand dunes. I only know of one per...

The weekend started very well with the announcement in The Queen's Birthday Honours that Roy Lancaster (left, with Robert Vernon of Bl...

I remain captivated by the beauty of the white opium poppies I grow, descended from the seed obtained from a baker by Pam Schwerdt and Si...

The white opium poppy plants have grown to huge size this year, helped by overwintering from an autumn germination and the abundant soi...

An Iris left by my predecessor, at its brief peak. Lilium rhodopaeum , the first lily of the season here and Tulipa sprengeri ,...

Best in show: the Laurent-Perrier Garden, by Luciano Giubbelei: immaculate in every way. The moonlight colours of the flowers were a lovel...

Strawberry 'Christine', from Ken Muir Avon Bulbs featured the dark-leaved honesty, Lunaria annua 'Chedglow, which attrac...