After such a wet June, my tiny meadow has never looked more verdant. Wildflowers bloom profusely, bees forage for nectar and insects perch on the waving grasses. Six kinds of butterfly breed in a 90 ...

I FOUND a stand of the Giant Hogweed growing on the riverbank near Ribchester. I looked closely at the stem and in the heat of the day it looked to be sweating. The plants were around 10 feet high and ...

AT THE risk of creating further confusion, the red-flowered house plant or bedding flower widely known as 'geranium' is actually pelargonium, while the name geranium is correctly applied to the ...

I would like to be emailed about offers, event and updates from Evening Standard. Read our privacy notice. Herb Robert, geranium robertianum, is a very fine wild flower. If it didn’t grow so ...