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, your safest bet is the white double Dianthus 'Mrs Sinkins' which smells like the wrists of wood nymphs. It's one of the old garden pinks (great scent, short flowering season, most of them about 30cm high) and was originally bred in 1868 by John Sinkins

extraordinarily good the pictures are nowadays - it seems so strange now to have gardening books which only have black and white illustrations!Among my collection are a few which, I must admit, were given to me and I've never read. Most notably a very intense

white sheen to its stems that looks wonderful in the grey days of winter.All the same, I'll always prefer picking wild berries. The combination of fresh air, a fair bit of mud (especially this year), the danger of toppling into a prickly ditch

). Mostly because I'm a bit short of space for any more plants but also because of laziness. I am beginning to see the error of my ways ... I want more. Not so much the petunias or busy Lizzies (even though white ones are a very effective way of making a

see your face in, and you bite through it into pure snow-white flesh. They're always crisp, sweet, and have a really excellent flavour. And they do store well, so my bumper crop will certainly keep the doctor away for a few months.We're lucky