Plants

Golden glow

Growing for cut-flower bouquets

By winter the himalayan mountains are blanketed in snow but during the short summer months when the snow has melted from all but the highest himalayan peaks meadows of wild flowers abound.

Gardens to visit

Where in the world to see wild flowers from the experts who know

Chrysanthemum carinatum ‘Polar Star’

15 hardy annuals

Stewartia pseudocamellia

The best trees for front gardens

Hebe Oratia Beauty

Noel Kingsbury’s recommended hebes

best climbing plants for gardens - Solanum crispum album

30 of the best climbing plants

Silver birch

Best birch trees for your garden

prairie-style planting

How to create prairie planting

Oregano (Origanum vulgare) flowers with butterfly

12 pretty plants for wildlife lovers

Kirsty Ramage late season container display

Late summer planting combination for pots

Cercis canadensis 'Forest Pansy'. Photo by Jason Ingram

Garden plants to add late-season interest

Eschscholzia californica ‘Alba’

Self sowers

Exotic border plan for the garden

Download our designer plan for an exotic, east-facing border

hand pruning tree and pruning shear in garden with sunset background

Pruning: Flowering shrubs