December may not seem like an ideal time to start your garden. However, there is a gorgeous blue flower that will thrive in ...

This weekend, Branklyn Garden is welcoming early visitors who, until Sunday, can admire the special collection of snowdrops that are currently in flower. Every year, Branklyn opens for a few days ...

Once thought to be a Himalayan myth, Bhutan’s national flower is a once-in-a-lifetime find. On a clear day, the entire Jomolhari Range – including Bhutan’s second highest peak and one of the country’s ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The colour blue is associated with calm, cool, peaceful spaces, but show me a blue flower and I’m anything but calm. The thrill of blue ...

AS WITH all good gardens, the blue poppy meadow at the Rhododendron Species Botanical Garden started with the soil. Executive director Steve Hootman describes the site as “a big, goopy, sludgy mess.” ...

Himalayan poppies grow in some of the most inhospitable parts of the world – which is why they thrive in Yorkshire winters AT this time of the year if you take a walk along the lower section of the ...

India's diverse geography gives the country a vast abundance of flora, and nowhere is this more visible than in the country's hilly regions. From the Western Ghats to the Himalayas, the latter ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: This story has been updated to correct the description of Shannon Still. Vegeta from the anime “Dragon Ball-Z” could’ve been thinking about Longwood Gardens when he screamed his famous ...

Which valley is known as the Valley of Flowers? Learn why Uttarakhand’s Himalayan valley is famous for colourful blooms, rare plants, trekking beauty, and UNESCO heritage status.