Each year, the National Garden Bureau, Downers Grove, Ill., announces a veggie and flower as plants for that year, putting them in the spotlight. The announcement may also result in more gardeners ...

“Like food, it really depends on the season,” she says over email ahead of the Easter weekend. “Now, hands down, peonies are my favourite flower, and they seem to have more significance than ever as a ...

Few, though, will have been delivered in quite such style. The Queen appeared delighted as she was offered a posy of flowers by a seven-year-old black Labrador, who is descended from one of her ...