There are many sweet-smelling shrubs and a number whose flowers hold the distinction of having a lovely orange fragrance. Perhaps the least known of this fraternity is the Mexican orange blossom, ...

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For the part of my garden that is accessible to deer and gophers, I am constantly on the lookout for hardy, evergreen shrubs that can serve as a defining backdrop to bulbs and perennials, and that are ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The planting season is becoming more inviting. The weather is warming, the centres have good plants on offer ...

Emailer Mary Arnold is having problems with her weather damaged choisya. She understands that they are meant to be pruned in late spring or indeed early summer, however her choisya is in full bloom ...

Choisya Aztec Pearl is an attractive evergreen shrub with dark green leaves, and clusters of fragrant, pink-tinged white flowers in late spring. 'Aztec Pearl' is a easier-to-deal-with alternative ...