AS Britain is set to be hit by 29 degrees weather next week, your garden plants might suffer in the heat. With the summer ...

Last week we talked about edible flowers, and how they can add interest to your cooking, to say nothing about enhancing your ...

Sow your opium poppies - used to make medical painkillers including morphine, codeine and oxycodone, as well as illegal narcotic heroin - in autumn or spring for a bumper crop in summer ...

Deadheading zinnias helps you enjoy the blooms for longer. "The primary reason to deadhead zinnias is to prevent them from going to seed so that they continue to produce flowers for as long as ...

“Lovely pansy shell,” he said ... of tubed feet to filter out tiny plankton from the sand. It also shares the petal-like pattern both inside and out of other sand dollars.

One of the most exciting parts of welcoming a new pet is getting to choose the perfect name. And where better to look for inspiration than nature? Whether your cat is a true flower child or runs a ...

The pansy petals were still fresh when leftovers were pulled out of the fridge days after our visit. We tried what was billed as a caviar eclair ($29), which was ultimately served on two brioche ...

With petals ruffled like a petticoat or smooth velvet blossoms with contrasting streaks, blotches or whiskers, there’s a pansy for everyone, and in chapter three Estrada profiles her favorite ...

Cut the lettuce for lunch or supper, adding a few pansy petals to the salad mix. Perfectly edible, pansies may add a slight peppery flavour.

One such flower is pansy, also known as violet or viola, which is relatively less-talked about as compared to other flowers. It neither boasts a massive plant, nor scented petals. It belongs to ...

but for the ultimate in hardy pansy petals look for the pansies with the smallest flowers rather than the giant, more flamboyant pansy varieties. Pansies can add color to a border by pairing them ...