Long dismissed as garden relics, these easy-care classics are now the go-to for effortless colour and pollinator appeal

The latest from Carol's beautiful cottage garden... plus her diary for the week!

These beauties keep the party going from late spring when daffodils and tulips have faded away

Few potteries operating today capture the mood of comfortable English life as well as Emma Bridgewater. Founded in 1984 when Emma couldn’t find a suitable present for her mother and decided to make on

Nibbled but nice At first glance I thought ...

When, at the age of 12, Inga Nikitiniene first saw a photograph of the pineapple orchid, Dendrobium densiflorum, her response was instinctive. “I knew immediately that I wanted to have this plant. I d