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When Joy and l planned Ballyrobert Gardens just over 30 years ago, a key part of our intention at... -
Beginning in the 1990’s Gary Dunlop, the founder and owner of Ballyrogan Nursery in County Down, bred, selected, and...
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Olearias are popular plants with Irish gardeners, especially for those of us who live by the sea. Native to...
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Osteospermum ‘Lady Leitrim’, is an attractive, long-blooming perennial which can flower from late spring all the way through to...
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The profile of Pittosporum ‘Silver Queen’ in issue 153 mentioned that it occurred as a sport of Pittosporum tenuifolium...
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On Plant Heritage’s 2021 shortlist for Threatened Plant of the Year, was an Irish plant, Aspidistra ‘Irish Mist’. Though...
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There are many wonderful Irish apple varieties; an excellent one is Malus ‘Irish Peach’, sometimes known as M. ‘Early...
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Discovered and introduced by Jim and Fran Clarke, the foliage of this perennial plant emerges each spring in a...
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Primula ‘Lady Greer’ As appeared in Newsletter 154, January 2022. Text and photo courtesy of Brendan Sayers Primula ‘Lady Greer’ is...
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Garrya × issaquahensis Garrya × issaquahensis, a cross between G. elliptica and G. fremontii, is an evergreen shrub with wavy-edged,...
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Ruscus aculeatus 'John Redmond' Ruscus aculeatus is notable as having cladodes rather than leaves. The cladodes are a spine tipped, flattened...
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Bergenia purpurascens ‘Irish Crimson’ Bergenia purpurascens ‘Irish Crimson’ is an exceptionally attractive plant in winter when its foliage turns an...
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Leucanthemum ‘Hazel’s Dream’ The daisy has always been appreciated for its simple shape, colour and petal arrangement. Whether it is the modest...
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Pittosporum 'Silver Queen' Pittosporum is a genus of approximately 200 species mainly native to Australia and New Zealand. Less than 20...
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Hypericum ‘Rowallane’ As shrubs, Hypericum tends not to be valued highly by gardeners, perhaps because of associations with new housing developments...
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The first Curator of the Trinity College Botanic Garden was James Townsend Mackay and he held the position for a...
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Meconopsis ‘Slieve Donard’ The last time rhododendrons were in fashion perhaps thirty years or so ago, I was taken to...
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Clematis ‘Glasnevin Dusk’ This beautiful clematis came from seed collected by Seamus O’Brien, Head Gardener at the National Botanic Gardens...
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Pulmonaria ‘Blake’s Silver’ Pulmonarias are given to self-seeding, regularly producing inferior or indifferent forms, but our gardens are occasionally...
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Escallonia ‘Donard White’ Escallonia are much loved as garden plants, producing blooms over a long period of the summer. They...
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Solanaceae, what a useful plant family: potatoes, aubergines, tomatoes, chillies and peppers of many kinds, but also one with...
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The words: ‘…and now it is probably extinct’ kindled a tiny fire of excitement when I read them twenty...
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The ability of some gardeners to spot an unusual trait in a plant is a known fact. Maybe the...
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Since Victorian times, the Chilean myrtle has seeded itself in millions at Glanleam, Co Kerry; in places their wonderful...
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When I was a child, a programme of traditional Irish music and song wrapped up with ”If you feel...
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I was fortunate to find this rose in the garden when we moved here 25 years ago but unfortunate...
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It is a plant name, both scientific and horticultural, that gives cause for confusion and consternation. When I first...
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Dublin may have been the first home outside its native habitat of South Africa for the Natal lily. Initially...
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Rosa 'Irish Elegance' is a well-named cultivar for its six petals lie almost flat save for the under-curl at...
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Deutzia purpurascens ‘Alpine Magician’ is a tall, slender, multi-branched shrub that flowers in May, is completely hardy and will...
Plant Portraits
A selection of “Plant Portraits” of Irish Heritage Plants has been added to the website. These have been taken from recent issues of the society’s newsletter. Go to the menu item, “Irish Plants” and select “Plant Portraits” from the drop-down menu to view this first tranche of portraits.
Or just click on “Plant Portraits” here.
If any member would like to add to the collection of portraits we would be delighted to add them to our collection – a photograph, or several photographs, would be a great addition.