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  1. A new edible honeysuckle!

    http://mygarden.rhs.org.uk/blogs/graham_rice/archive/2008/07/02/a-new-edible-honeysuckle.aspx

    Grow-your-own gardeners are becoming more and more interested in unusual fruits - and shoppers, too, are increasingly looking out for something different. So what about a honeysuckle with edible fruits?! The Honeyberry produces fruits which look rather like large bullet-shaped blueberries with that same colour and that same dusty bloom. …

    3 days ago

  2. New verbascum from Great Dixter

    http://mygarden.rhs.org.uk/blogs/graham_rice/archive/2008/07/01/new-verbascum-from-great-dixter.aspx

    Judging the verbascum trial at Wisley recently, a splendid new introduction caught my eye. Many of the plants in the trial had died during the winter – sadly, many are not as hardy as we’re led to believe and this trial has proved the point – but a new variety from the garden at Great Dixter was outstanding, both in its hardiness and its impact. …

    3 days ago

  3. A new shasta dasisy - in yellow

    http://mygarden.rhs.org.uk/blogs/graham_rice/archive/2008/06/25/a-new-shasta-dasisy-in-yellow.aspx

    Shasta daisies, Leucanthemum x superbum, have never been the most fashionable of plants but they're tough, dependable and those masses of brilliant white daisies make real impact. They're good for cutting, too. In recent years the trend has been to reduce their height, ‘Snow Lady' can flower at just 25cm, but this year's newcomer is rather different. …

    11 days ago