gardening

Bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus in flower and with black berries

Bird’s foot trefoil Lotus corniculatus with yellow flowers face on and in profile

Ash Fraxinus excelsior twig in bud and leaf spray

Autumn crocus Colchicum autumnale two flowers and leaf

Autumn leaf study of an Acer showing bright vivid red and yellow colours, leaf has damage and minor holes

Auxin diagram showing how applying auxin to the top of a plant encourages vertical rather than lateral growth

Avalanche rose Rosa two in bloom with dark leaves and white petals

Barberry Burberis vulgaris with red berries, yellow flowers and spiny twigs

Barren strawberry Potentilla sterilis with stolom and small inedible fruit

Bearberry Arctostaphylos uva ursi in berry showing intricate netwrok on veins on each leaf and rooting nodes

Abscission diagram showing ho w the abscission layer lets the leaf fall off without exposing the plant to pathogens

Bee orchid Ophrys apifera entire plant with flowers

Bugle Ajuga reptans plant with stolon

Alder buckthorn Rhamnus frangula sprig with close up of berry and flower, berries red and purple

Pollarded Alder Alnusglutinosa tree in leaf

Alpine ladies mantle alchemilla alpina with pale underside of leaves ahown and fibrous root area

Arrowhead Sagittaria sagittifolia pencil image showing plant above and below wtaer and the different leaves in both habitats, in flwoer

Ash dieback symptoms Fraxinus excelsior Chalaria showing damaged inside of wood, damage on bark, little white fungal bodies, withered leaves on the branch, and individuall diseased leaf, the tree with exposed branches due to die back and a branch with siwtheres fronds of leaves on it

Ash Fraxinus excelsior pen and ink stippled drawing of the tree without leaves

Iris in gravel with blue petals

Garden border in spring with tulips, crocus, daffodils and daisies abutting a carefully tended lawn and edged with concrete slabs

A hand pinching out the growth tips on a cucumber plant to encourage lateral growth and more cucmber fruit

Brownstone house with back yard full of a diverse array of containers all of which are growing different edible food crops from herbs to fruit thorugh salads and vegetables.

Corner of a raised bed showing how to attach the plants to one another when building the bed