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

The sweet violet, Viola odorata, may be a diminutive flower, but its small, slightly asymmetrical, pansy-like flowers are highly fragrant. They open in early spring before most plants have even though

Growing pansies is a rewarding way to fill your garden, containers, or window boxes with colour for very little cost. You need just a bit of patience and you can enjoy strong, healthy plants that flow

I love growing summer flowers from seed for my cutting garden and to fill gaps in borders and containers to bloom all season on my patio and garden table. I sow hardy and half-hardy annuals alongside

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

Now spring is in sight, gorgeous plants herald a new season