As the long nights shorten, Mounton House garden quietly emerges from winter with delicate sprinklings of white narcissi, Scilla siberica and crocuses through the lawns. Daphnes fill the air with frag

This is the month of horticultural happiness, and with everything looking fresh, green and lush, even the burgeoning weeds become – briefly – delightful additions to the garden. Selfheal sprouts gaily

It’s time for sowing, planting alpine containers and living screens and tidying up old growth

There is no doubting that spring has arrived at Westwood House in Shropshire as a rainbow of tulips flower in borders, and the orchard comes alive with daffodils and blossom on the bough

REAL readers' gardens!

REAL readers' gardens! Pruning roses A plant-packed suburban ...