Regions: West India

Flame of the forest — bare branches and orange flowers through the dry spring.

Compact evergreen with flower heads butterflies work all morning.

Neat glossy shrub with pinwheel white flowers; the easiest good hedge there is.

Regrows from the root end of a shop-bought bunch — the cheapest crop there is.

Plant single cloves in October and lift whole bulbs in March.

Grown from sets or seedlings; needs depth, sun and patience.

Companion-planting workhorse: keeps nematodes down and feeds bees all season.

Flowers nearly all year in a warm city, and sunbirds find it within a week.

A pot by an open window does more for a summer evening than any air freshener.

The Spanish jasmine of the perfume trade, grown widely in the north and west.