Dreamy peonies

Try our pick of the most beautiful plants you can buy now

Try our pick of the most beautiful plants you can buy now

The impermanent beauty of plants such as the tree peony, whose display of flowers is fleeting, captures the imagination of gardeners. Louise Curley explores their timeless charm

It took me a while to love roses as a plant. I had always admired the flowers in the kind of knee-jerk way that most of us love sunsets or the song of a blackbird, but I had no feeling for them as pla

Add drama to your garden with potted exotics. Soak the plant, in its original pot, in some not-too-cold water. Then move the new, empty, pot into position; this saves you doing so when it’s full of he

The summer show is warming up – and plants just want to grow. Harness that energy now to enjoy flowers, food and pollinators