Grey willow Salix cinerea
Grey willow Salix cinerea with make and female catkins along with a spray of leaves, one showing its underside
Gorse Ulex europaeus
Gorse Ulex europaeus sprig
Dog Rose Rosa canina 2
Dog Rose Rosa canina quick sketch of flower and bud
Dog Rose Rosa canina
Dog Rose Rosa canina with rose hip and two flowers as well as leaflets and thorned stem
Crowberry Empetrum nigrum
Crowberry Empetrum nigrum in fruit with individual leaf, flower, and leaf cross section which shows the inrolled leaf margin
Cowberry Vaccinium vitis-isaeus
Cowberry Vaccinium vitis-isaeus showing shiny red berries and white flowers
Cornish heath Erica vagans
Cornish heath Erica vagans showing dense foliage and individual pale pink flower
Cassava Manihot esculenta
Cassava Manihot esculenta plant showing manihot growing at the base of the plant trunk
Bourgainvillea glabra
Bourgainvillea glabra sprig with lots of flowers, leaves, and the magenta calyx
Bog myrtle Myrica gale
Bog myrtle Myrica gale showing sprig of leaves, flowrs, and catkins
Bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus
Bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus in flower and with black berries
Bearberry Arctostaphylos uva ursi
Bearberry Arctostaphylos uva ursi in berry showing intricate netwrok on veins on each leaf and rooting nodes
Alder buckthorn Rhamnus frangula
Alder buckthorn Rhamnus frangula sprig with close up of berry and flower, berries red and purple
Broom cystisus scoparius lena sketchbook study
Drawing of a broom plant with colour details of individual flowers, leaves, and a seed pod
Pruning holly
How to prune holly
Planting a shrub in a border
Planting a shrub in a border making sure the hole is large enough for the roots and that the shrub is planted level, back filling the soil and the hole, and watering in
Moving an established shrub
How to dig up and safely move then replant a large shrub
Moving a shrub
How to dig up and safely move then replant a large shrub
Fruit tree growth types or patterns comparison
Examples of four different patterns of fruit tree trained growth type including espalier, step over espalier, dwarf pyramid, and a small standard. Apple trees.
Marsh tit Poecile palustris and Willow tit Poecile montanus comparison
Marsh tit Poecile palustris and Willow tit Poecile montanus illustrations next to each other for easy comparison of these similar species