Among the artist’s paintings of war and action in a major exhibition at the Louvre are works showing a fine appreciation of flowers

Gregory Long’s presidency shows institutions can flourish with private cash while maintaining their principles

Gardeners in France and the UK take very different approaches to deadheading flowers

A show at the New York Botanical Garden has reunited flower paintings with the plants that inspired them

An Oxford college’s garden provided the ideal ‘grassy grove’ setting in which Oedipus met the gods in a staging of a Greek drama

Seeing Edmund Loder’s hybrids is like finding movie stars of the 1930s still blossoming

There is much to make life easier, including water-retaining gel and pre-selected plant mixes

Skillful and stylish — but spare us the weedy-washy Wellbeing Garden

The Temperate House merits at least two visits

The memoirs of John Sales, former head of gardens for the National Trust, throw light on questions of conservation

These small plants thrive in containers, making them godsends for city gardeners

The gardener’s status as an artist has had its ups and downs but his reputation as a breeder of some of the finest irises endures

Even the most compact spaces can yield bountiful harvests

The landscape designer, who died last month, won three golds for the FT gardens at Chelsea

Varieties of the weed-blocking plant continue to proliferate

The very use of the word ‘chemicals’ is being driven out of gardening — but as spring arrives, here’s my shopping list

British gardens are envied for their herbaceous borders, but it’s the blend of shrubs, bulbs and beds that makes them special

The bond formed between Ghika, Craxton and Leigh Fermor over the landscape is celebrated in a new show

Before winter departs take time to embrace the season’s bounty of colourful shrubs

Artist was famous for his soup cans but a Florida display puts flowers at his work’s core

There are rules on which shades go with which, but planting can be most effective when it breaks rules

The departing head gardener has applied a German eye to British herbaceous planting

Colour catalogues are a feast for the eyes but the best plants are a matter of taste

Obstacles to finishing a garden include weather, wildlife and the gardener’s imperfections