Matthew Pottage Matt is Head of Horticulture and Landscape Strategy at The Royal Parks. Anne Swithinbank A keen fruit, vegetable and house-plant grower, Anne was formerly the glasshouse supervisor at

Primroses are one of the earliest flowers to appear each year. Their name is derived from the Latin phrase prima rosa, literally meaning the ‘first rose’ of the year. Our native primrose, Primula vulg

Welcome in the new year with a starry show of hellebores

Early June in the Dolomites. Out on a hike, I’m amazed by the abundance of the high Alpine meadows stretched out before me. A thousand mauve dashes of scented orchids, shoal upon shoal of clear blue h

At a time when much of the garden sleeps, winter flowers are all the more precious for their scarcity; an irrepressible bunch, undaunted by wind, frost or even a blanket of snow. Many are small, yet t

So many new types of Japanese flowering quince are now available that they have been the subject of a four-year trial by the RHS. Charles Quest-Ritson picks his favourites