A gardener’s miscellany

Mike Palmer shares his top tips for growing picture-perfect pinks

ONE of the problems with growing roses—apart from ...

I’M on a mission to introduce more alliums into my garden. These fantastic flowers are great for colour, structure and impact – and pollinators love them, too! Alliums are basically ornamental onions;

Romance and fun aren’t the words you usually expect to see on a business plan. For Victoria and Barney Martin, however, these words have remained the focus of their work for over a decade. Stokesay Fl

The latest from Carol's beautiful cottage garden... plus her diary for the week!

The path from tiny seedling to brand-new rose was a thorny one for the bloom crowned ‘The King’s Rose’ in 2025. Sharon Amos takes up the story