“GROWING IN THE mud, and yet so clean, the lotus is a symbol of purity,” writes the Sri Lankan historian Ananda K. Coomaraswamy in his 1913 book “The Arts and Crafts of India & Ceylon.” The lotus pool ...

A clump-forming bulbous perennial to around 15cm high, with green, strap-shaped leaves. The elegant flowers are lightly fragranced and upward facing, with slightly swept-back creamy-white petals and a ...

A clump-forming tazetta daffodil to 35cm high, with grey-green, strap-shaped leaves. Flowers are small and scented, to 5.5cm across, with broad white outer petals, creased and with edges curling ...

If your laundry regularly shrinks, discolors, ends up with odd texture or becomes damaged quickly, it might be that the often-confusing care label symbols aren't working well to inform you on how best ...