Back in 2016 or 2017 I got some borage ( Borago officinalis ) seeds and grew out some borage plants.  I allowed my plants to self seed and i...

Last year I got some pygmy sundew gemmae.  Gemmae is sort of like a cutting that the plants made themselves.  I find it fascinating that a f...

I got some unnamed Venus flytraps a year or two ago.  These were cheap as it was a mix of varieties and the names had been lost.  There was ...

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...