perennials

Make your own seed envelope

Follow our fold-by-fold guide to making your own origami seed envelope. Then save and collect your own seeds from this year's favourites, or swap with a gardening friend and be ready to sow next spring.
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Annual climbers: 21 of the best annual climbers to plant

Annual climbers can be sown and grown in a year and are an easy and colourful way to cover walls or trellises. Plant expert Matthew Biggs chooses 21 of his favourite annual climbers
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10 facts you (possibly) didn’t know about dahlias

Celebrating dahlia season - here's 10 facts you might not have known about these gorgeous late season flowers
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Design Solutions: Topiary

If box balls and bay pyramids are all that spring to mind when you think of topiary, then it’s high time to sharpen your shears and think again. Here are some ideas to encourage some creative gardening
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Roses from Sissinghurst: 15 of the best

Sissinghurst Castle is famous for its roses. Discover the rose cultivars that Vita Sackville-West grew there and find out more about them with head gardener Troy Scott-Smith. Photographs Rachel Warne.
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The best gardens to visit for culture

We select some of our favourite gardens in which you can immerse yourself in cultural delights such as art, literature, science, politics and music
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10 of the best gardens to visit for planting inspiration

The best, but lesser-known, gardens to visit for planting inspiration
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Erysimum: planting and care, plus the best varieties to grow

Erysimum, also known as wallflowers, can brighten your garden, bridging the months from spring through to summer. Here, garden writer and plant expert Val Bourne recommends the best Erysimum to grow. Photographs Sharon Pearson
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30 of the best climbing plants for 2024

Choose from our selection of best climbing plants and add vertical interest to walls and trellises or allow to scramble over other plants in borders. Plantsman and garden designer Rory Dusoir gives his top recommendations.
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The best winter-flowering clematis

Plant expert John Hoyland recommends 14 of the best winter-flowering clematis to grow in your garden. Photographs by Jason Ingram.
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