Growing vegetables and herbs for your own kitchen can be gratifying, but don't forget about your feline companions. Catnip (Nepeta cataria) is a perennial herb that's part of the mint family; while it ...

Planting annual flowers can be a frustrating endeavor: You spend a lot of money (either on seeds or starts) and invest all that time in planting, just to watch them die at the end of the season.

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The prices of plants have risen far faster than this summer’s dahlias. On my shopping trail, 10 per cent ...