To get right to the point, the Torch Lily is a really hot plant. It shoots up stems six feet tall topped with elongated clusters of bright orange, yellow or green flowers. And even better, the flowers ...

Lightwood, Derbyshire: Shine it on a simple green plant like moss or saxifrage and they become glittering, baroque jewels I’m blaming my fellow diarist Kate Blincoe. Recently, she extolled the joys of ...

USES Rockery plant in the garden or grown in a pot as a feature plant. BEST CLIMATE/POSITION Needs a sunny position. Don’t allow the plant to sit in water. Prefers a warm climate but can be grown in a ...

Gardeners are being warned that they need to take a torch into their garden in June and hunt for a pest which could destroy key plants like strawberries, fuschias and primulas. Vine weevils are a pest ...

My grandpa's five-year-old soursop tree, which grew from seeds, has been flowering for two to three years. However, the flowers have always dropped off before fruiting. Recently, a fruit was formed ...