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Planting and caring for wallflowers, plus the best varieties to grow for colour from spring to summer
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
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
Forcing bulbs: advice and planting combinations
Forcing bulbs is a way to manipulate spring bulbs so that they flower early, bringing a much-needed burst of colour into the home during the winter months. Try these bulb combinations to learn how to force bulbs yourself. Images by Jason Ingram
Favourite lavenders for a low maintenance garden
Lavender is a very versatile, low maintenance plant to grow and is suitable for gardens of all sizes. Here is a list of favourite lavender cultivars, along with tips on how best to grow and maintain them
Inspiration and advice for planting bulbs in pots
To help you get the very best out of bulbs in pots, follow these step-by-step instructions, advice and inspiration to create and maintain stunning container displays throughout the year.
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.
Recommendations for Salvias to grow in the garden
Advice on growing all types of salvia, plus a selection of the best salvia to grow in your garden from William Dyson's Great Comp Garden in Kent.
The best daphne for year-round colour and scent
Daphnes are shrubs that are best known for their scented flowers in winter, but some flower in spring and summer too. Shrub expert Andy McIndoe chooses 12 of the best daphnes to grow. Photographs by Dianna Jazwinski
Garden border ideas | Romantic flower border: download our planting plan
A flower border planting plan, perfect for a cottage garden created by award-winning garden designer Jinny Blom. Illustration by Hannah McVicar
Clematis montana: how to grow and prune, plus the best varieties
Although known as vigorous plants, Clematis montana can be also be medium sized or even compact. Here are some recommended varieties from the National Collection at the garden of National Collection holder, Val Le Neville-Parry. Words by plant expert Andy McIndoe. Photographs by Dianna Jazwinski
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.
Expert Raymond Evison recommends the best clematis to grow in the garden
Clematis is a much-loved climbing plant that is suitable for gardens of all sizes. Clematis expert Raymond Evison lists his all-time favourite clematis for the garden
A Cotswold rectory garden with topiary and early spring bulbs
Take winter and early spring design and planting inspiration from this pretty country garden, packed with early flowering bulbs and evergreen structure. Photographs Jason Ingram.
26 of the best scented flowers
Choose scented flowers to give your garden extra appeal. Here's 26 favourites to give you fragrance right through the seasons
The life and work of David Austin Senior
Eminent rosarian David Austin Senior died on Tuesday 18 December at his home in Shropshire, aged 92. This interview by Francesca Greenoak took place in 2002 for issue 78 of Gardens Illustrated, and gives a small insight to Austin's incredible life and work breeding world-famous roses
Species pelargoniums for scented foliage and delicate flowers
Celebrated for their scented leaves, species pelargoniums offer the gardener a long-flowering plant that is much more delicate than their blowsy cousin, the geranium. Here are the best species and primary hybrid pelargoniums - with gorgeous pics taken by photographer Diana Jazwinski.
RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2018 Paul Hervey-Brookes
Staff writer Alys Hurn chats with garden designer Paul Hervey-Brookes to find out more about his Nordic-style, artisan garden for Viking Cruises and Paul explains why RHS Chelsea Flower Show is unlike any other garden show in the world
The best lilies for colour and scent
Mainly mountain bulbs, lilies are one of the oldest plants in cultivation. Here Lilium expert Pontus Wallstén chooses his favourite types for colour and scent.
Growing liquorice in West Yorkshire
Pontefract in West Yorkshire was once a centre of liquorice cultivation. Now Robert and Heather Copley are growing it once more on their farm.
Tips for combining perennials and roses
The Rose Labyrinth in the Walled Garden at Coughton Court in Warwickshire, cleverly combines roses and perennials. Here we take a closer look at the plant combinations
Historic and wild, the rose garden at Morville Hall
Morville Hall in Shropshire has an impressive collection of romantic and historic wild roses in the Dower House garden. Take a look at this inspirational garden and find tips on how to maintain a wild rose garden from Katherine Swift who created the garden