Individual Flower Pages

Bishy Barnabee's Growing Guides How to Grow Basil Thai'Siam Queen' from Seed The award-winning Thai basil that is as beautiful as it is useful — an All-America Selections winner with...

Bishy Barnabee's Growing Guides How to Grow Thai Basil'Large Leaf' (Horapa) from Seed Bai Horapa — the glossy-leaved, purple-stemmed Thai basil with its sweet anise-liquorice character that holds through cooking,...

Bishy Barnabee's Growing Guides How to Grow BasilHoly Thai — Tulsi / Kaprao from Seed The sacred Queen of Herbs — a different species from Italian or Thai sweet basil,...

Bishy Barnabee's Growing Guides How to Grow Basil'Classic Italian' (Genovese) from Seed The definitive pesto basil — large, glossy emerald leaves with the warm, sweet, slightly clove-peppery character that is...

Bishy Barnabee's Growing Guides How to Grow Aster'China Peony Mix' from Seed Bold, vibrant, and unapologetically exuberant — large incurved flowerheads in deep purples, vivid pinks, lavender and white on...

Bishy Barnabee's Growing Guides How to Grow Aster'Ostrich Plume' Mixed from Seed A heirloom China aster with serious character — massive shaggy heads of long, curled and twisted petals in...

Bishy Barnabee's Growing Guides How to Grow Aster'Giants of California' from Seed Bred for the professional cut flower trade in Santa Maria, California — massive double pom-pom heads in a...

Bishy Barnabee's Growing Guides How to Grow Aster'Duchess Mixed' from Seed The late summer workhorse of the cutting garden — large incurved chrysanthemum-like heads in rich mixed colours from July...

Bishy Barnabee's Growing Guides How to Grow Aquilegia'Nora Barlow' from Seed Named after Charles Darwin's granddaughter — fully double, spurless pompom flowers that begin as deep raspberry pink, fade through...

Bishy Barnabee's Growing Guides How to Grow Aquilegia'Columbine Blue' from Seed The classic Granny's Bonnet — white petals and long powder-blue spurs on tall upright stems, nodding above delicate ferny...

Bishy Barnabee's Growing Guides How to Grow AquilegiaBarlow Mixed from Seed The cutting garden columbine — fully double spurless pompom flowers in a rich palette of blues, violets, raspberry and...

Bishy Barnabee's Growing Guides How to Grow Antirrhinum'Sweet Duet Apple Blossom' from Seed Fully double, ruffled azalea-type flowers in the softest porcelain pink and cream — lightly scented, exceptionally long-lasting...