Here’s how to grow cacti- Media: Use 80 per cent coarse sand, 20 per cent well-matured leaf mould and mix thoroughly. Add one teaspoon calcium carbonate powder (chuna), 4/5 granules DAP (di-amm...

The Queen, who is 96 and has “mobility issues”, was shown round the Chelsea Flower Show on Monday evening in a specially adapted golf cart and admired the floral tributes to mark her Plati...

The Agri-Horticultural Society of India has laid a rubberised track for morning walkers and is now preparing a 400-metre joggers’ track.  A first in a garden in the city, the rubberised tr...

How to transfer the plant to cinder media – Lift the rose plant from the pot/ bag and put it in water for 10 to 15 minutes. Remove the entire soil without harming the root system. We need to rem...

Flower lovers, cultivators and green enthusiasts will miss the popular flower shows organised by the Agri-Horticultural Society of India (AHSI) and the Indian Botanic Garden in Shibpur for the second ...

Incidentally, I noted two Indian touches at the Chelsea Flower Show this year. At one shop, Nehru jackets and waistcoats, tailored exquisitely from Italian wool and costing £350 and £250 r...

India is up for grabs. A minister is accused of building illegally on tea garden land; the 21-acre sprawl of Calcutta’s prized Agri Horticultural Gardens may be the next target of criminal rapac...

It is entirely possible that three days from now, on February 1 — Budget Day — the Union finance minister would assure the nation that she has spotted the green shoots of economic recovery...

Echinopsis Mammilosa: This small cactus produces flowers when only three inches in diameter. It opens on summer nights and again, lasts for about 24 hours.  Protect this plant from unsightly scar...

The steel city’s annual date with flowers is not just about blooms and bonsais. Art creations crafted out of scrap metal attracted eyeballs on the opening day of the 31st Annual Flower Show organise...