Blogs about Plants and Flowers

One way to learn more about plants and flowers - and when and where they grow is to read some of the very many blogs about plants and flowers. Here are some suggestions.

Blogs based in the UK

• Kew Gardens - Herbarium Blog
• RHS Plant Trials Blog
• http://plant-phytography.blogspot.co.uk/

Blogs based in the USA

• Metropolitan Museum of Art - The Medieval garden Enclosed - this blog is no longer running but is preserved as an archive 
• Brilliant Botany - an educational blog focused on interesting botanical facts, the history of plants, current research, and plant physiology. Lots of images and some explanation
• Cactus Blog - by a Californian native

• Wild Ones - Native Plant Blogs - knowledge and information regarding native plants and natural landscaping

Blogs based in New Zealand

• Botany Word of the Day - An Illustrated guide to Botany terms. Make sense of Latin words used to describe plants and their parts. All images are New Zealand native plants. 

Blogs of unknown origin

• Plant Life - a detailed and scientifically oriented blog covering a huge amount of content

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