Below, we look at the best breathtakingly beautiful early spring flowers, including blossom. We also recommend the best ...

When people mention going to Japan for hanami (flower-watching in Japanese), one would usually think of sakura or cherry blossoms. But there are also other equally beautiful flowers that bloom ...

With skillful snips, Mitsuko Takeya prunes a few leaves from bamboo stalks and several red berries from heavy nandina clusters to use in a flower arrangement. The cuts would hardly register in ...

Japanese flower arrangement, known as ikebana or kadō (the way of the flower), developed into a distinctive artform in the late fifteenth century. Today, there are an array of styles and variations, ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Months of flowery happiness now stretch before gardeners. There were narcissi and magnolias in early March.

We’re now at the peak of hanami, flower-viewing season here in Tokyo. But this year apparently some people are trying to spread the idea of “air-hanami“, which essentially is flower viewing without ...