OKAY, IT IS October and that means all the vendors have spring flowering bulbs in stock! Now, today, tomorrow, go out and buy hundreds of bulbs. But why hundreds?

Plant lovers will enjoy the aptly named Christmas cactus, with its flat green stems which erupt with red and pink flowers as ...

Known as the "Corpse Flower," the Titan Arum is notable for its gigantic size and peculiar fragrance, which mimics decaying ...

There are so many types of lilies, it can be hard to choose. Here's help deciding which ones will grow best in your garden.

Winterizing your garden includes trimming back some perennials and leaving others until spring. Our experts tell you what to ...

A deciduous, bulbous perennial with strap-like dark green leaves and flowers varying in shape, from bowl-shaped to recurved, and colour from soft pastel colours to more intense reds and oranges.

A vigorous bulbous perennial to 2m in height, with narrow glossy green leaves and racemes of fragrant, trumpet-shaped white flowers 14cm in length, yellow in the centre and flushed with purple on the ...

As the cool days of autumn settle in, October is the perfect time for gardeners to plant hardy summer-flowering bulbs to ensure a stunning display next year. According to the Royal Horticultural ...

Anne (not her real name) is a single mother and one of thousands of the predominantly female workers in Kenya's flower industry, harvesting and categorising blooms in one of the many greenhouse ...

He advises: "If the soil feels moist, refrain from watering your peace lily for a day or two. On the contrary, your plant is thirsty if its soil feels dry. So, give it lots of water to drink." ...

Peace lilies, appreciated for their stunning white flowers, should be blooming all through the year if given ample sunlight, warmth, and water. Yet, as autumn ushers in cooler weather, many green ...