Flowers

Clematis montana Group 'Freda'

Clematis montana: how to grow and prune, plus the best varieties

Winter flowering Clematis ‘Fragrant Oberon’

The best winter-flowering clematis

Paeonia lactiflora 'Hot Chocolate' c Jason Ingram

The best peonies for your garden

Erysimum Apricot Twist

Erysimum: planting and care, plus the best varieties to grow

Eschscholtzia californica ‘Alba’

Perfect flowers for a cutting garden from the Beth Chatto Gardens

Paeonia clusii

April flowers: the best flowers for April

Fritillaria meleagris

Everything you need to know about Fritillaria

Tulipa ‘Estella Rijnveld’ One of the best of the Parrot tulips, the petals exuberantly ruffled in red and white. Raised in the Netherlands in 1954 by Dr de Mol and named after his wife. Flowers in May. 55cm. RHS H6, USDA 3a-8b.

Gardens to visit

Best tulips to plant: 24 from Belcombe Court

T. ‘Royal Sovereign’ (1809) and T. ‘Dom Pedro’ (1911)

Spectacular rare tulips grown by designer Arne Maynard

Blackland House

Polly Nicholson’s tulip-filled walled garden

Primula auricula Sandhills

How to grow auriculas and the best to plant

Bloom & Wild postage box on a table

10 unique Mother’s Day gifts from Bloom & Wild

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The first of Frances Palmer’s two cutting gardens, which spills on to a repurposed tennis court, housing over 500 dahlias between them. The studio barn was built around salvaged beams from a local 1790s house.

The dahlias of Frances Palmer’s Connecticut garden

Erythronium revolutum

How to care for, plant and the best garden erythroniums

Dahlia 'Honka Fragile'

Designers' favourite dahlias