I’m looking now at an ad for cosmos, which features flowers that look lifted from a painting by Monet. Not long ago, I opened my day with an offer for peonies, their blooms so vivid that they ...

Some of my favourites include: ‘Coral Charm’ with a unique coral colour; ‘Buckeye Belle’ with striking deep red blooms with golden stamens; or ‘Garden Treasure’ with large golden yellow petals flushed ...

October is the ideal time to plant bare-root peonies and divide and move any established plants. Ignore old wives’ tales that peonies should not be moved – by August these early summer ...

Artworks by leading contemporary artists – including RETNA, Dustin Yellin and Moyosore Martins – were auctioned yesterday in the South of France at the Thirty Six For Coral exhibition raising ...