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Trees

Big or small, a tree offers shelter, shade and year-round interest
Crab apple Malus Evereste
Trees

The best crab apple trees for colour and form

Silver birch
Trees

Best birch trees for your garden

Jon Stokes
Meet the gardeners

Jon Stokes on why we all need trees in our lives

Pinus Sylvestris (Scots Pine)
Trees

My favourite tree for National Tree Week

Quince: what is it and how to plant quince
Trees

Everything you need to know about quince

The best wood for wood burning stoves: Cherry wood
Plants

The best firewood for wood burning stoves

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Shrubs

Climbers, scented flowers and stand-out foliage for gardens of all sizes
The deep beds are crammed with a complex tapestry of perennial interest, with an emphasis on foliage that ranges from the fresh, grassy growth of Hakonechloa macra to the deep-plum leaves of Cercis canadensis ‘Forest Pansy’.
Urban

Planting for a dry and shady urban garden

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November flowers: Acaena microphylla ‘Kupferteppich’
Plants

The best plants for November

Cotinus ‘Grace’
Shrubs

Cotinus smoke trees to grow for autumn colour

Taxus baccata (Yew), a perfect hedging plant
Plants

30 of the best plants for a hedge

Daphne bholua 'Jacqueline Postill'
Shrubs

The best daphne for year-round colour and scent

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Flowers

From bulbs to grasses and everything in between
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Flowers

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At Upper Sydling in Dorset the landscape beyond is as much a part of the garden as the flowers within it. Here in the cutting garden, the view is framed by a floriferous mass of rambling roses, including the pretty pink Rosa ‘May Queen’, which entwine their flowering tentacles through, around and over the balustrade of ageing green oak.
Rural

Creating the perfect romantic rose garden

In a hilltop location, bands of Persicaria amplexicaulis ‘Rosea’, Phlomis russeliana and self-seeded Lychnis coronaria support each other in a densely planted flower garden. The sun is setting through a Catalpa bignonioides and great plumes of Miscanthus sinensis ‘Gracillimus’ hide the parking area.
Rural

How to create a flower-filled hillside garden

Rosa ‘Dortmund'. This rose produces large, red flowers with a conspicuous white eye in succession throughout the summer – they are so big it takes only a few to make an impression. It can be grown as a climber or shrub – at Malverleys we are growing it through a golden yew. 3m. AGM*. RHS H7, USDA 5a-9b†.
Flowers

Single roses: choosing and growing the best single roses for your garden

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Features

Can you give flowers for Father’s Day?

Beautiful show flowers
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The oldest and largest indoor flower show in the world: The Philadelphia Flower Show

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Autumn colour

Warm tones and bright berries for Autumn colour
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Plants

Our favourite seed suppliers

Begonia 'Red Tempest'
Autumn

Begonias: the best for your garden and how to plant

Propagating ferns: how to grow ferns
Plants

The best ferns for your garden

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