There are a few wild ancestors of modern corn ( Zea mays ) that are still around.  Most don't look hugely like the corn that we are used...

A few years ago I started trying to breed a larger variety of dandelion ( Taraxacum officionale ).  I can't quite remember why.  It was ...

I was given a small plant of Drosera capensis 'Hercules'  by an extremely generous person.  As far as I know there are very few of t...

I wrote an earlier blog post about crossing a micro dwarf tomato with a high anthocyanin tomato with angora leaf.  I am not great at cross p...

Late last year I bought a DCXL Venus Flytrap.  I have not been growing it for very long, and my plant has not yet demonstrated its true pote...

Back in early 2016 I got a little fern to keep in my office.  Maidenhair ferns don't cope with direct sunlight, they don't love extr...

Venus Flytraps are reportedly very simple to propagate using leaf pullings.  A leaf pulling is similar to a cutting, but a small part of the...

For over a dozen years I have been trying to find somewhere to by a "Cambridge Rival" strawberry plant.  I have heard so much abou...

I recently got a lovely variegated tiger fern.  Tiger fern is a variegated variety of the Boston fern.  There aren't a huge number of di...

I always seem to have low iron, I'm not sure why but every blood test says that I am low in iron.  I eat well but think I have a higher ...