Annual flowering seed mixes are often grown in gardens and parks, but the flowers included may not be the most ...

Farming across 15 different soil types, along with three seasons of extreme weather, has made rotation planning an ...

The test is simple: invite a visitor into your garden then listen as you show them around. The louder and more affected the response the better; it ranges, from the quick-fire, almost muttered “Oh wow ...

What's your recipe for homemade compost? What makes a pet friendly garden? What's the worst piece of advice you've received? Peter Gibbs and the GQT panel answer these and more. Show more What's ...

The aerial parts of Echium plantagineum L., Boraginaceae, were collected. A voucher sample (MVFQ 4428) was identified and deposited at the Herbarium Jose Arechavaleta, Facultad de Química, Universidad ...

In the heart of Tuscany, surrounded by vineyards and wildflowers, La Petraia stands on a rocky limestone outcrop, with breathtaking vistas over the smoky-hued layers of the Chianti hills. On the site ...

It's National Pollinator Month, and what better time to find a tiny speck of a bee on a seven-foot tower of jewels, Echium wildpretii? This is a sweat bee of the family Halictidae, the second largest ...

THE gardens of Madeira are remarkable for the neglect of native plants. This is due in part to indigenous indifference, and also to a preference for familiar forms amongst people who migrate ...

Key Laboratory of Oilseeds Processing of Ministry of Agriculture, Hubei Key Laboratory of Lipid Chemistry and Nutrition, Oil Crops Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, ...

Keep them in a dry envelope over winter and sow them the following spring to summer. Echium amoenum flowers emerge red in late spring, then fade to pink or purple Echium amoenum Red Feathers is a ...