It’s the month when many people go on holiday, and that's true here in the garden. Many of our gardeners take a little time off to rest and refresh themselves, but there is still plenty of activity in the garden itself. Amazingly, some plants wait until August to flower, such as Eupatorium (bonesets), a plant used as a remedy for the flu, and also the beautiful yellow Solidago virgaurea, or goldenrod as it’s commonly known. Here are some of the other plants currently flowering in the garden. The plant Capsicum annuum (chili pepper) is one. It tastes very hot, which makes sense, because when eaten, this plant increases thermogenesis, the body’s...