Author: Alison Hoblyn

Whether you're a home gardener looking for a jolt of freshness or a floral designer seeking inspiration, this collection of unexpected plants provides a palette of flowering greens for year-round display. It explores the history, botany, care, and cultivation of green-flowered plants. It also gives tips on growing and arranging the plants.

Ellie, an artist in her middle age, needs to live her life in a new way after the death of her husband. Feeling fearful but doing it anyway, she enrolls on a garden course in Tuscany one spring. Here she begins relationships with fellow students Nerine - an eccentric character in her seventies - and the much younger Max.