Plants

The kitchen garden is back, and with it the complete experience of sowing, growing and eating. Yet vegetables can be so much more than just food; they can improve ecology, encourage birds and bees, offer colour and seeds. You could even take it one step further and bring flowers from the vegetable plot inside.

Nurseryman's favourites – December

Chris Marchant of Orchard Dene Nurseries chooses Vinca difformis for its grace and long season of interest – with the occasional flower right through to December. Plus her pick of other top plants for the winter months.

Crocus offers 15% discount to readers

Online plant retailer Crocus is offering readers a 15% discount this month on their plant range - and many of their products

Save 15% on fruit trees from Pomona Fruits

Pomona Fruits are offering readers a 15% discount on an exciting selection of fruit trees including apple, pear, plum and medlar.

Great British Elm Experiment - saplings for Lambeth

The Great British Elm Experiment sapling giveaway

We've got five British elm saplings to give away as part of 'The Great British Elm Experiment' to re-establish healthy British elms back into the country.

Nurseryman's favourites – November

Chris Marchant of Orchard Dene Nurseries chooses the swamp cypress Taxodium distichum for its fiery autumnal colours. Plus eight other plants to bring interest to the garden in November.