Caring for ornamental grasses

Allowing plants to fend for themselves without staking builds resilience and creates relaxed billowing borders in this windswept autumn garden

Last year, Neil Lucas marked his 30th year at Knoll Gardens in Dorset by launching two new plants (Pennisetum alopecuroides ‘Black Arrow’ and Miscanthus transmorrisonensis ‘Sunset’) and hosting a seri

Rosie Irving explains why these architectural superheroes should have pride of place in more of our gardens

Choose tough, evergreen varieties to bring colour and life to your plot all year round

September, with its cooler temperatures and moist warm soil, is one of the best times of the year to make a new lawn. Grass seed germinates fast now giving quick results; about 7 to 10 days is usual.

Award-winnng nurseryman John Massey has created a little piece of paradise in his sprawling eight-acre canalside garden – an oasis full of year-round interest