“Sweet peas should smell. Half the point of growing sweet peas is to cut them for the house; they should fill a room with an almost painful olfactory inarticulateness. But most sweet peas smell of nothing. This does not stop them being beautiful, but they are like food with no flavour.”

English horticulturist, broadcaster, and writer

Montagu Denis Wyatt Don is an English horticulturist, broadcaster, and writer, best known as the lead presenter of the BBC gardening series Gardeners' World. He has built a public career around gardening, appearing on television and writing about the subject. His work is most closely associated with Gardeners' World, where he has become a familiar guide on plants, gardens, and practical horticulture.