Planting Gardens

Although we see them regularly in bouquets of cut flowers, alstroemerias also make good garden plants. Also known as .....

It's official, I have a passion for daphnes and in my opinion these are the best plants for scented .....

On a recent trip to Kenya to visit a friend, I discovered a plant called the purple roseling and .....

I love plants that flower in the winter, especially as so many of them have wonderful scent – and .....

Autumn seems to have arrived in a soaking, blustery rush this year and I've been really cheered by the .....

Ever since I was a boy, I have admired Michaelmas daisies, and after years of gardening I still think .....

Whatever size of garden you have, there should always be space for at least one tree and this exotic .....

Having grown plants for butterflies, bees and other insects for many years, I've decided that Asclepias tuberosa is one .....

See gladiolus growing in their native habitat, and it can be hard to make an immediate connection with the .....

Mid-summer is the time when the patio are behind my house becomes filled with exotic-looking foliage plants, which .....