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Benton End in Suffolk, where the artist and gardener Cedric Morris and his partner Arthur Lett-Haines moved in 1940, is where Morris bred many of his beautiful and painterly coloured bearded irises

Benton irises: origins and how to choose and grow them in your garden

A dark green sit-on lawnmower on a white background.

Best ride-on mowers: 8 top choices for a perfect lawn

With no hedges or boundary trees, the garden is open to the surrounding landscape and feels very much part of it, especially as the fluid planting has been designed to give the romantic, gauzy feel of a wildflower meadow but with a longer season of interest and a greater variety of plant type and form. Here, Sisyrinchium striatum, Lupinus ‘Noble Maiden’ and Phlomis russeliana catch the eye.

Informal planting for an idyllic Cotswold garden

10 of the best garden rakes

June flowers to plant

Umbellifers: How to choose and grow the best umbellifers for your garden

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Home cooking recipes

RECIPES USING FRESH INGREDIENTS FROM THE GARDEN

Palermo artichokes

Tasty stuffed artichokes with peas and broad beans

50 mins Serves 8

Beetroot tops

Beetroot top and feta tart recipe

1 h 15 mins Serves 8

Potatoes

Simple tuna and potato salad recipe

45 mins two to six people

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Spring

PLANTS AND MORE FOR THE SEASON

Corydalis flexuosa ‘China Blue’

Corydalis: how to care for, plant and the best garden Corydalis

Erythronium revolutum

Erythroniums: how to care for, plant and the best garden erythroniums

Keeping chickens in the garden

Feathered friends: keeping chickens in your garden

By placing the furniture at the rear of the space, Stefano gave his clients a new perspective on the garden. A large Cornus kousa var. chinensis behind the sofa provides privacy and a sense of enclosure, complemented by the branches of an overhanging magnolia.

New planting ideas for small gardens

Crab apple Malus Evereste

The best crab apple trees for colour and form

Scilla bithynica flowers in March and early April, spreads very rapidly to create a soft-blue wash , ideal under deciduous trees and shrubs where there is space for it to spread. 15cm. AGM*. RHS H6, USDA 6a-8b†.

Scilla: how to care for, plant and the best garden Scilla

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Container displays

POTS OF STYLE FOR YOUR GARDEN

Seed Pantry

Top 10 plant gift subscriptions

Houseplants in the hallway

Create the perfect hallway house plant display

A winter succulents display with houseleek

Create an easy-to-grow miniature houseleek landscape

Winter succulents

Discover winter-to-spring planting combinations

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Perfect plants for now

PLANTING INSPIRATION

Variety of flowers seed packet

Our favourite seed suppliers

Helleborus orientalis 'Yellow Lady'

How to grow hellebores for colour over winter

Winter flowering Clematis ‘Fragrant Oberon’

Perfect winter flowering clematis

House plants under light in winter

House plants How not to kill your indoor plants this winter

How to grow your own mushrooms

100 beautiful and useful plants

Begonia 'Red Tempest'

Begonias: the best for your garden and how to plant

Propagating ferns: how to grow ferns

The best ferns for your garden

Create an edible bouquet

How to create a beautiful edible bouquet

Quince: what is it and how to plant quince

Everything you need to know about quince

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Inspiring gardens

THE BEST OF THE WORLD'S OUTDOOR SPACES

Iris sibirica fringe a stream that flows through the orchard below Mothecombe House. The house is flanked by a large Magnolia x soulangeana already in leaf on the left and the candyfloss-pink blossom of a Judas tree Cercis siliquastrum on the right.

The enchanted gardens of Mothecombe House

Page Dickey's garden in Connecticut

Garden writer Page Dickey’s new Connecticut garden

Olivier Filippi's dry garden in France

Reader offer: Private Gardens of Provence holiday

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House plants

EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT GROWING INDOORS

Pots of Style with Ben Preston and succulents

Pots of style A stunning succulent display for indoor and out

Gesneriads, or African violets

Caring for African violets, Smithianthas and plants from the Gesneriads family

Potted History book by Catherine Horwood

Gardening books

Review How Houseplants Took Over Our Homes, by Catherine Horwood

Stylish houseplants

House plants Creating the perfect stylish indoor display

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Blue Iris (Watercolour and ink) 1000pxls

GARDEN EVENTS AND THINGS TO DO

Find out what events, open gardens and more are happening this month

Garden design

DESIGN IDEAS FOR ALL YOUR GARDEN NEEDS

Rob Handy's forest garden in Somerset

How to make a forest garden

A metal gate designed by Cameron Mackintosh for his home in Somerset

Hard landscaping

Using metal in the garden

Great Dixter

Control of nature: how gardening is about shaping the natural world

Garden design courses

How to build a garden office

Growing a garden that lasts

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Advice

WHAT TO DO AND HOW TO DO IT

Handful of compost with earthworms, used for mulching

How to mulch

Clean your rusty tools with wire wool

How to clean rusty tools

Learn how to lay a hedge using traditional craftsmanship and hedge laying skills.

How to lay a hedge

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Kit

OUR PICK OF THE BEST GARDENING TOOLS AND ACCESSORIES

Bede Wellington

The best wellington boots for walking and gardening

Birds hanging from a garden bird feeder with anti squirrel cage

9 of the best bird feeders

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Garden Equipment

9 of the best splitting axes

Kent & Stowe Stainless Steel Digging Spade

Shovels and garden spades: nine of the best

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