Cornflower, or bachelor’s button, is a delicate flower very popular as part of cottage gardens and wildflower gardens. The ...

With the help of expert gardeners I’ve gathered together five flowers to plant in May for a beautiful summer garden to enjoy.

1. Do water deeply at the base of the plant. 2. Do not sprinkle water over the top of your plants. 3. Do mulch around your plants, particularly tomatoes and peppers, leaving space to water deeply at ...

It’s a Mother’s Day rite of passage to buy the moms in our lives bouquets of fresh flowers to let them know how much we love ...

“Hardening off” to gradually acclimatise plants raised indoors to outdoor conditions helps to avoid the alarming ...

Happy Lei Day, Big Island! That’s right. May Day is Lei Day in Hawaiʻi — a celebration of the beautifully hand-sewn garlands ...

If you want to add some extra color and fragrance to your garden during spring, these are the best blooms to plant during May ...

Permaculture on the balcony? It can work! myHOMEBOOK spoke with organic balcony gardener Birgit Schattling about the ...

When a molecule of tryptophan absorbs ultraviolet light, it glows faintly as it releases energy at a lower frequency. This ...

Flower growing is hard work, but the rewards — including minimising Britain’s huge flower importing carbon footprint — far outweigh the negatives, say three young growers.

Marilu Knode is a curator, arts administrator and self-taught passionate amateur gardener living in Wauwatosa. She currently ...

Although our universe is mostly normal matter, antimatter isn’t so hard to create — supernovae, black holes, and even bananas ...