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- Transatlantic views on garden plants, native plants, invasive plants, books about plants… Plus comment on wildlife, catalog(ue)s, the smartness and the absurdity of plant names, the transatlantic life, fishing, music and more... From Northamptonshire (zone 8) in England and the much icier Pennsylvania (zone 5) in the USA.
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My website - GrahamRice.com - GardenPhotos.com - Gardening Stock Photography
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Also from Graham Rice
- Latest RHS award winners
The latest winners of the RHS Award of Garden Merit - RHS New Plants blog
News of the latest new plants on my Royal Horticultural Society blog - RHS Award winners
My choice of ten RHS Award of Garden Merit winners for different garden uses - The BritMix
My weekly British music show on New York's WJFF public radio - now on Thursdays at 9pm.
Favo(u)rite gardening and plant blogs
- Blackswampgirl's Garden
- Alan Detrick's Photo Blog
- Blogging from Blackpitts
- Botany Photo of the Day
- Cold Climate Gardening
- Cool Plants
- Digging Rhode Island
- Dirt by Amy Stewart
- Down on the Allotment
- Ellis Hollow
- Flatbush Gardener
- Foxtail Lilly
- Garden Rant
- GardenDesignOnline
- Gardening Gone Wild
- Gardening While Intoxicated
- GardenWeb’s Garden Voices
- Growing Up
- Guardian's Gardening blog
- Heucheraholics
- Horticultural (Jane Perrone's organic allotment)
- In a Garden
- Invasive Plants in Arlington
- John Grimshaw's Garden diary
- LandscapeJuice
- Little Green Fingers
- Matthew Appleby’s Gardening Blog
- May Dreams Gardens
- My Urban Garden Deco Guide
- Next Generation Gardener
- One Bean Row (Jane Powers)
- Otter Farm
- Our Little Acre
- Purple podded peas
- Richard Jones’ Wildlife Blog
- Silvertreedaze
- Snapdragon's Garden
- The Grumpy Gardener
- The Plant Hunter
- Veg Plotting
- Veggie Gardening Tips
- Victoria's Backyard
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- Chelsea Flower Show 2009
- Climate change and plants
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- Invasives
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Also from Graham Rice
- Latest RHS award winners
The latest winners of the RHS Award of Garden Merit - RHS New Plants blog
News of the latest new plants on my Royal Horticultural Society blog - RHS Award winners
My choice of ten RHS Award of Garden Merit winners for different garden uses - The BritMix
My weekly British music show on New York's WJFF public radio - now on Thursdays at 9pm.
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Favo(u)rite gardening and plant blogs
- Blackswampgirl's Garden
- Alan Detrick's Photo Blog
- Blogging from Blackpitts
- Botany Photo of the Day
- Cold Climate Gardening
- Cool Plants
- Digging Rhode Island
- Dirt by Amy Stewart
- Down on the Allotment
- Ellis Hollow
- Flatbush Gardener
- Foxtail Lilly
- Garden Rant
- GardenDesignOnline
- Gardening Gone Wild
- Gardening While Intoxicated
- GardenWeb’s Garden Voices
- Growing Up
- Guardian's Gardening blog
- Heucheraholics
- Horticultural (Jane Perrone's organic allotment)
- In a Garden
- Invasive Plants in Arlington
- John Grimshaw's Garden diary
- LandscapeJuice
- Little Green Fingers
- Matthew Appleby’s Gardening Blog
- May Dreams Gardens
- My Urban Garden Deco Guide
- Next Generation Gardener
- One Bean Row (Jane Powers)
- Otter Farm
- Our Little Acre
- Purple podded peas
- Richard Jones’ Wildlife Blog
- Silvertreedaze
- Snapdragon's Garden
- The Grumpy Gardener
- The Plant Hunter
- Veg Plotting
- Veggie Gardening Tips
- Victoria's Backyard
Award-winning Garden and Plant Stock Photography
Categories
- Alpines and rock plants
- Annuals and seasonal plants
- Art
- Blogs
- Books
- Bulbs
- Cards
- Catalogs/Catalogues
- Chelsea Flower Show 2007
- Chelsea Flower Show 2009
- Climate change and plants
- Climbers/Vines
- Cut flowers
- Daily Telegraph
- Family Online
- Film
- Flower shows
- Food and Drink
- Gardens
- Indoor plants
- Invasives
- Jokes
- Lectures, media and events
- Magazines
- Music
- Natives (American)
- Natives (British)
- New plants
- News
- Nurseries
- Orchids
- Perennials
- Photography
- Plant awards
- Plant names
- Plant trials
- Radio
- Science
- Shrubs
- Transatlantic life
- Travel
- Trees
- TV and radio
- Vegetables
- Web/Tech
- Weblogs
- Wildlife. fishing and pets
- Writing/Literature
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Info for American gardeners
- American Horticultural Society
- American Orchid Society
- Annuals – find out more
- Arnold Arboretum
- Avant Gardening
- Books on plants for problem places
- Botany Photo of the Day
- Brooklyn Botanic Garden
- Chicago Botanic Garden
- Cleveland Botanic Garden
- Cornell Cooperative Extension
- Dave’s Garden
- Deer resistant plants - find books
- Find info on echinaceas
- Find info on small gardens
- Find your hardiness zone
- Garden Club of America
- Garden Conservancy
- Garden Web
- Gardening Know How
- Longwood Gardens
- Missouri Botanical Garden Plant Finder
- National Garden Clubs
- New York Botanic Gardem
- Plant Societies Directory
- Raulston Arboretum
- Tomatoes - find info
