Crown of thorns euphorbia milii

April’s palette turns electric when euphorbias unleash their vivid colours, often outlasting and outshining other spring favourites

The country’s Cape Floral Kingdom has incredible bloom diversity with around 9,000 species – and some make spectacular plants for our British gardens

Soil conditions and frost risk mean patience is essential

REAL readers' gardens!

Give flowering house plants a general house-plant feed every two weeks throughout spring, then switch to a weekly high-potash house-plant food as flower buds develop. Orchids don’t like heavy doses of

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