Plants

A hand holding soil

Compost guide

Crab apple Malus Evereste

The best crab apple trees for colour and form

Burgon and Ball long handled planter

Garden Equipment

Which long-handled bulb planters to buy

Variety of flowers seed packet

Our favourite seed suppliers

Silver birch

Best birch trees for your garden

A steel hand trowel with blue text on a white background.

Garden Equipment

Best garden hand trowels

Discover the best gardening books

Gardening books

The best gardening books to read in 2021

best climbing plants for gardens - Solanum crispum album

30 of the best climbing plants

Pulmonaria 'Diana Clare'

Tom Massey: 21 sustainable and beautiful plants

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

Corydalis flexuosa ‘China Blue’

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

Gresgarth Hall sits at the mouth of a wooded valley, with the brook Artle Beck drawing a sweeping curve as it rushes past the house. Dark yew hedges stamp formality near the house and echo the stone walls etched on the hills beyond.

Creating a country garden at Gresgarth Hall

Hydrangea aspera ‘Villosa Group’

Nigel Dunnett: 21 sustainable and beautiful plants

Erythronium revolutum

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

Photography by Jason Ingram

White magic: how to propagate snowdrops