Picture of a Geranium maderense which I took at Inner Temple Gardens.  

Ignite your senses at Kew’s Tropical Extravaganza where the Princess of Wales Conservatory is transformed into a sea of exotic plants with amazing floral displays inspired by fire, air, water and earth. 

http://www.kew.org/visit-kew-gardens/tropical-extravaganza-2012/

I’m planning a post on some of the history of genetic research (particularly to do with variation and inheritance) which was carried out using, among other plants and animals, Snapdragons. Some of this research was carried out by William Bateson and “Bateson’s Ladies”, a group of women from Newham College, in Cambridge University. For now here’s a picture of one, more to follow…..