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Plant portraits by Val Bourne

Val Bourne is an award-winning garden writer, photographer and lecturer. Val writes for The Daily Telegraph, The English Garden, Homes and Gardens and Saga Magazine and she is also the gardening correspondent of The Oxford Times.

Latest plant portrait

Ivy is very underrated, few evergreens can offer as much variety in colour and leaf shape. From rich greens that glow in winter light and look splendid set against reds and oranges to golden ivies that can light up corners as effectively as a bolt of sunshine. Read more

Plant portraits archive

• African marigolds

• Allium sphaerocephalon

• Aster x frikartii ‘Monch’

• How to grow buddleja plants

• How to Grow Crocosmias

• How to grow ivy

• Hydrangea paniculata Limelight

• Plant portrait - Penstemon 'Bubble Gum'

• Plant portrait: Dahlia Ken's Choice

• Plant portrait: Tulipa ‘Ballerina’

• Rosa 'Goldfinch' - a glorious once-a-year spectacle

• Rose 'County of Hampshire' (Korverlandus)

• Verbascum bombyciferum

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