A trainee gardener at London’s Inner Temple Garden, Dylan loves spontaneity in planting and billowing borders

For more than 50 years, Maurice Foster has been amassing
a collection of woody plants in his garden at White House Farm, which has grown into a precious horticultural resource

As climate change allows non-invasive species to thrive, our shopping habits are threatening native plants, insects and ecosystems.

Looking for plants that won't get munched by slugs? Instead of using slug controls, why not grow plants that the molluscs just don't like? Here's 38 to choose from

Fed up with dragging furniture into the shed or grappling with unwieldy waterproof covers? These are the furniture pieces that'll survive outside all year round.

Tulip fire is a fungal disease that can affect tulips. Here's expert advice on how to identify it, and what to do if you find it in your garden

Good gardens usually reference a few tried and tested design tricks – here's how to incorporate some of them into your own space.

Erysimum, also known as wallflowers, can brighten your garden, bridging the months from spring through to summer. Here, garden writer and plant expert Val Bourne recommends the best Erysimum to grow. Photographs Sharon Pearson

These hardy, versatile perennials can be planted in mixed and herbaceous borders, and in containers. Grower and collector of camassias Stella Exley shares advice on how and when to plant camassia bulbs, and recommends her favourite specimens

Their dainty flowers with swept-back petals and often mottled leaves make erythroniums one of the highlights of a woodland garden.

Ornamental Japanese cherry blossom trees are one of the delights of spring, with their clouds of pink or white blooms.

With spring firmly in the air, designer and plantsman Dan Pearson chooses his favourite plants from his garden Hillside, in Somerset, that bring him joy in spring

Flowering shrubs bring much needed colour and scent to the garden in late winter and early spring. Expert Tony Kirkham selects the best.

Listen to this episode of Talking Gardens, the Gardens Illustrated podcast, featuring Jimi Blake on how he dodges bears while botanising and how going to train as a gardener was life-saving for him.