Ever felt overwhelmed by the idea of a perfectly manicured garden? You’re not alone. Slow gardening is a refreshing antidote ...

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Botanically, there is no such thing as a houseplant. What we call houseplants are mostly species that grow outdoors in ...

One of Britain’s best-known chefs, Rick Stein’s Cornish home is a place of calm – and a continuation of his family’s ...

Agapanthus can grow well in large pots. This is a useful way of growing them in colder areas, as it allow you to bring plants indoors to a cold greenhouse over winter. Use a Best Buy compost for ...

Yet she has never bought a plant. Most of her flowers are from friends and family, and she multiplies them by propagation. So ...

Collecting seed is a good way to increase for free the number of flowers you particularly like, or to ensure that you can reproduce from half-hardy perennials such as salvia, dahlia or agapanthus that ...

Dining there, peering through palm trees and agapanthus, or reclining on the sea-facing garden sun terrace, you’ll keep ...

A compact, clump-forming perennial to 50cm tall with deciduous, strap-like, dark green foliage. In summer, it bears large, rounded umbels of flowers up to 20cm across on short, sturdy stems; the ...

An evergreen perennial to about 90cm, producing a clump of glossy, strap-shaped leaves. Compact, rounded umbels of funnel-shaped flowers, with pale blue petals with a darker central stripe, appear in ...

To celebrate National Coffee Day this Sunday, we've created a list of some of the top-rated coffee shops, based on ...

To celebrate National Coffee Day this Sunday, we've created a list of some of the top-rated coffee shops, based on TripAdvisor reviews.