The genus name Echinacea derives from the Greek echinos (hedgehog) and refers to the thorny...
As the green shoots of spring start to appear and the dawn chorus of songbirds...
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 ‘Well, I love geraniums, and anybody who does not love geraniums must obviously be a...
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‘I’ve always thought my flowers had souls’ is a great line from Lavender and Lace...
“A garden to walk in and immensity to dream in--what more could he ask? A...