Alan Titchmarsh is one of the best-known horticulturalists in the country. Since starting out as a gardening writer in the 1970s, he's become a mainstay on the BBC' s Gardeners' World, a presenter at ...

Wholly underrated in my view as one of the prettiest and most fairy-like meadow flowers you can find, corncockle can grow to ...

Thinking about an article he wrote almost half a century ago prompted Alan Titchmarsh to get sowing — and he's now reaping ...

Sixty-nine University of Alabama at Birmingham honors students were selected as the UAB Honors College delegation 2025 UAB Honors College NCUR Delegation – the largest cohort to date – to participate ...

Ask a meteorologist when spring officially begins and they’ll tell you March 1st. Ask an astronomer and they’ll point to the spring equinox of March 21st, while for others, it will always ...

Q – What’s your favourite weed? (38’27”) Matthew Biggs – Agrostemma githago, corncockle Digitalis, foxglove Papaver cambricum, welsh poppy Myosotis sylvatica, garden forget me not ...

Botanical name: Agrostemma githago Agrostemma githago is also called a corncockle or purple cockle. ©Orthosie/iStock via Getty Images The Corncockle boasts beautiful flowers ranging from light pink to ...

Agrostemma githago ‘Bianca’ (white corncockle): A tall, beautiful, white-flowered form of corncockle, this hardy annual wild flower has become ultrafashionable in recent years.

This has been replaced with parterres edged with Ilex crenata and filled with cutting flowers (including Baptisia ‘Dutch Chocolate’, B. var macrophylla, Agrostemma githago ‘Ocean Pearl’ and Penstemon ...

The rare British wildflowers you drive past every day without knowing Some of our rarest wildflowers are thriving in forgotten urban spaces. With a little bit of help you can make them thrive ...