Your guide to eight of the best upward growers

In the wild, climbing plants often grow together naturally. You’ve only got to look at a British woodland to see the native honeysuckle and clematis in a wild tangle of scent and colour. And more wide

Learn to grow this most classic of garden plants, which boasts beautiful flower flourishes in late spring

Are you hankering after a beautiful garden that is full of diversity but also one that isn’t a burden? If so, bombproof plants are the answer. These hard-working and reliable specimens will create a g

The sky’s the limit when you have these classic beauties winding their way upwards, says Sue Fisher

Creating this rooftop oasis – seven storeys up with no lift – presented huge challenges but the effort paid off, with a stunning space high above the city

WE’VE all done it – we’ve picked up a plant somewhere because we liked the look of it, and then lived to regret it. Perhaps it’s turned out to be a thug, taking over a border, or it’s a prolific self-