Individual Flower Pages

  Bishy Barnabee's Growing Guides How to Grow Lemon MintMentha × piperita f. citrata from Seed The mint that smells like Earl Grey tea -- Mentha × piperita f. citrata,...

  Bishy Barnabee's Growing Guides How to Grow Mesembryanthemum'Harlequin' from Seed The solar-tracking neon carpet -- a Half-Hardy Annual succulent from South African coastal deserts producing glistening ice-crystal leaves and...

  Bishy Barnabee's Growing Guides How to GrowSweet Marjoram from Seed The forgotten flavour of traditional English cooking -- Origanum majorana, the Knotted Marjoram; floral, perfumed, and complex with hints...

  Bishy Barnabee's Growing Guides How to Grow Malva'Zebrina' Zebra Mallow from Seed The hand-painted mallow -- soft lilac-pink saucer flowers intricately striped with dark purple zebra veins radiating from...

  Bishy Barnabee's Growing Guides How to Grow Malva'Mystic Merlin' from Seed The towering tapestry of purple, mauve, and elusive blue -- a Short-lived Perennial H5 reaching 1.5-1.8m in its...

  Bishy Barnabee's Growing Guides How to Grow Malva moschata AlbaWhite Musk Mallow from Seed The fake hollyhock everyone can have -- an RHS AGM Hardy Perennial H5 producing silky...

  Bishy Barnabee's Growing Guides How to Grow Linum'Bright Eyes' from Seed The Victorian antique flax -- white satin petals of silky texture surrounding a vivid scarlet-burgundy eye that glows...

  Bishy Barnabee's Growing Guides How to Grow Linum perenneBlue Flax from Seed The shimmering river of blue -- sky-blue saucer flowers opening fresh each morning and dropping their petals...

  Bishy Barnabee's Growing Guides How to Grow Linaria'Fairy Bouquet Mix' from Seed The fastest flowering hardy annual -- miniature snapdragon blooms in pink, yellow, red, purple, and violet appearing...

  Bishy Barnabee's Growing Guides How to Grow Lettuce'Tom Thumb' from Seed The Victorian "fairy cabbage" -- an English heirloom butterhead introduced in 1858 producing perfect tennis-ball-sized single-serve heads with...

  Bishy Barnabee's Growing Guides How to Grow Lettuce'Lollo Rossa' from Seed The lettuce as beautiful as a flowering annual -- intensely frilly ruby-red leaves fading to pale green at...

  Bishy Barnabee's Growing Guides How to Grow Lettuce'Little Gem' from Seed The restaurant lettuce by name -- a miniature Cos/Romaine with a sweet blanched heart and crunchy outer leaves,...