Recent Posts Tagged With 'weeds'

• Spanish Broom

  Posted on Monday November 2nd, 2009 at 16:03 in weeds, exotic shrubs

  Spartium junceum, Spanish Broom (Retama de olor or Giesteira)The rich yellow flowers of this leafless shrub are hard to miss and make a wonderful display for many weeks in October and November. The flowers are sweetly perfumed which is an added bonus...

• Honeysuckle Blues

  Posted on Monday November 2nd, 2009 at 03:20 in weeds, climbers

  Lonicera japonica ,HoneysuckleDriving around at the moment, the sweetly scented Honeysuckle is in flower in so many places its spread seems to be almost unstoppable. This native of Japan and China has become a serious and noxious weed not only here b...

• Beware Privet Ahead

  Posted on Tuesday October 13th, 2009 at 19:05 in weeds

  Spring fantasy, an "Impressionist" garden of flowers with a bee skep Spring reality, Privet, (Ligustrum sinense) one of our worst weedsI am fortunate not to suffer any allergies to plants such asthma or hayfever ,but I can't stand to be near a privet...

• Watsonia

  Posted on Sunday October 11th, 2009 at 15:38 in bulbs, weeds

  Watsonia pyramidata xThe genus Watsonia was named in 1752 by Philip Miller ,curator of the Chelsea Physic Garden (London) after his friend Sir William Watson (1715-1787) a physician and naturalist.The 50 or so species of this bulb/corm all hail from ...

• Japanese Sunflower

  Posted on Thursday July 2nd, 2009 at 03:13 in weeds, exotic shrubs

  Tithonia diversifolia ,Japanese sunflowerI am not sure why this is called the Japanese sunflower as it is native to Central America and unlike the annual sunflower this one is perennial and is winter flowering. It grows to be quite a big shrub about ...

• Ageratum houstonianum

  Posted on Sunday June 7th, 2009 at 20:57 in weeds, spring annuals

  Ageratum houstonianumThis Ageratum ,which is native to Mexico and tropical America, is a perennial in warm climates or spring/summer annual in cold climates. Here it produces pale blue fluffy flowers for most of the year .It likes damp semi shaded ...

• The Willow

  Posted on Monday June 1st, 2009 at 02:15 in art, weeds, exotic trees

  The well dressed gentleman of 1610 wearing a willow patterned shirt with lace trim A living willow seat at the Art Lover's House (Haus eines Kunstfreundes)Bellahouston Park, Glasgow, Scotland.Charles Rennie Mackintosh, The Willow Tearooms in Sauehie...