December 4, 2014 On the 4th of December every year – St. Barbara’s Day – I cut the branch of a spring flowering shrub to bring indoors, and then wait for it to open by Christmas. In my case this is usually Forsythia or Hazel, but cherry blossom or apple blossom also works, as ...
December 4, 2014 On the 4th of December every year – St. Barbara’s Day – I cut the branch of a spring flowering shrub to bring indoors, and then wait for it to open by Christmas. In my case this is usually Forsythia or Hazel, but cherry blossom or apple blossom also works, as ...
Scientists at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh aim to sequence the genomes of all 72,000 plants, animals, fungi across the UK and Ireland. Applications for the Colegrave Seabrook Foundation Scholarships for budding horticulturists closes at the end of January. New UK RHS Partner Gardens are ...
On the menu is a roasted whole goose leg cooked in a charcoal stove that’s been a firm favourite over the years, and a homestyle braised pork with preserved vegetables in soy sauce that’s made with locally raised UK Berkshire pork sourced from Hong Kong Heritage Pork in Yuen Long. ...
occasionally flowering, but when it does, the spike with a cyme of big yellow flowers may reach up to 8 m (26 ft) in height. The plant dies after flowering and fruiting, but produces suckers or adventitious shoots from the base, which become new plants. The average lifespan is around ...