Plants
Plants
Annuals and biennials
The wild flowers that seed themselves: poppy, cornflower, foxglove and viper's bugloss.
Plants
Common foxglove: planting, care and poisonous parts
Common foxglove (Digitalis purpurea) is a native biennial 0.3 to 1.5 m tall. Where it grows, what it costs, how to sow it and which parts are poisonous.
Plants
Viper's bugloss in the garden: identify, plant and price
Viper's bugloss (Echium vulgare) is a biennial of 0.3 to 1 m with blue flowers from May to September. How to recognise it, plant it, its price and problems.
Plants
Wild parsnip in the garden: identify, sow and care
Wild parsnip (Pastinaca sativa): a native biennial 60 cm to 1.2 m tall, with yellow flowers July to September. How to spot it, sow it and handle its sap.
Plants
Great mullein: recognise, plant and care for it
Great mullein (Verbascum thapsus) is a native biennial up to 2 m tall. How to recognise it, where it grows, what it costs and what to do when things go wrong.