In the first of a two-part series, Mike Palmer celebrates his favourite fuss-free hardy geraniums for sunny borders

Presenter and garden designer Mark Lane shares his top picks for thrifty gardeners – easy to propagate, low maintenance and they’ll put on a fabulous floral show

Picotee-pink-edged, large flowers that look at you from a tall stem. Followed by marbled evergreen leaves. A sterile cultivar from Rodney Davey, it flowers prolifically as its energy is saved for flow

Modest, alluring and versatile, Viola odorata, or sweet violet, is a small, hardy, herbaceous perennial that tumbles and scrambles close to the ground, forming dense clumps of dainty, heart-shaped, gr

From ramblers to floribundas, climbers to ground cover, plus top varieties to choose from, here’s your definitive winter guide

Make more plants this month by dividing perennials, sowing hardy annuals and planting summer bulbs