The anemone that looks like a poppy... the anemone that looks like a buttercup... the anemone from Japan that looks like the one from North Africa – those plant-naming botanists certainly keep us ente

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

Erysimum Rysi Copper One of the definitions of a wallflower is that of a shy and awkward person with whom nobody wants to dance: I am sure we have all felt like that at some point in our adolescence.

I love the delicate, open, airy height provided by Anthriscus sylvestris so early in the year, with a drama and elegance like few other spring-flowering perennials. Its off-white flowers and burgundy

Now spring is in sight, gorgeous plants herald a new season

Mike Palmer celebrates the seasonal awakening of our gardens from their winter slumbers with trees, shrubs, perennials and bulbs to get seriously excited about