AS some touches of spring sunshine arrived in recent days, winter pansy plants will soon begin to respond by opening new flowers. It is perhaps fanciful to see them as little happy faces braving the ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. In floriography – the language and symbolism of flowers – the pansy has long represented love. In A Midsummer ...

One drawback of being an anthophile is that one can never get enough of flowers. Some of the most beautiful flowers that continue to charm growers and onlookers with their array of colours are, sadly, ...