John Grimshaw's Garden Diary

The dramatic profile of Lobelia rhynchopetalum : so unexpected in a high alpine environment. The high point, in every way, of the trip ...

The fabulous dwarf form of Kniphofia isoetifolia , apparently known only from this ridge. In 2003, travelling on what was then a rotten...

Margaret Owen, among the old fashioned daffodils she championed in Acton Burnell churchyard. The death of Margaret Owen in late October,...

The fabulous Acanthus sennii , a prickly brute of a suckering shrub with satin flowers, common in scrubby roadside places at 2500-3000 m. ...

Pyrus fauriei A surprisingly lovely day and the chance to get out into the arboretum revealed some really lovely examples of autumn colo...