They're already enjoying the delights of daffodils in Devon, thanks to this year’s balmy December. But neighbouring Dorset is not to be outdone. Locals in Bournemouth were yesterday boasting about ...

Among the most brilliant of flowering trees are those in the Fabaceae, or legume, family of plants. Imagine, for example, a tree with long golden chains of five-petaled flowers, so profuse that they ...

Exploding into abundance in the dead of winter with delicate, cloud-like yellow flowers, the mimosa is a botanical boom. It heralds brighter days to come, but pinning down its history, meaning and ...