When it comes to makeovers, there’s one spirit that is barely recognisable from a generation ago. Where once gin languished at the back of the nation’s drinks cabinet gathering dust, the ‘ginaissance’ ...

The world is awash with the color purple — lavender flowers, amethyst gemstones, plums, eggplants and purple emperor butterflies. But if you look closely at the visible-light portion of the ...

It seems curious that lavender, which in reality is a pretty but unexceptional shrub, should have such a strong hold on our senses. Few plants evoke so many things so powerfully. It labels and defines ...

10:03, Fri, Jul 14, 2023 Updated: 14:16, Fri, Jul 14, 2023 As a general rule, it’s best to trim lavender plants annually in late summer, just after flowering has finished. But how to prune the plant ...