A fruit with a mesh cage

Nicandra physalodes has flowered with lovely tubular blue flowers and now produced an intricate mesh cage containing the green-brownish seed. Nature’s light and delicate engineering work held up well to storm Bella and sleet showers.

Front Garden

This is the rather smashing front garden of one of the horticulture classrooms at Sparsholt. It hides the classroom container well! Especially the Garrya elliptica squeezed behind the other shrubs is doing a great job at the moment, looking almost festive with long...

Fluffy Salvia

Salvia leucantha. These are buds, I am still waiting for flowers. Stipa tenuissima and Buddleja davidii make up the background.