The high climbers

Alongside wet and windy weather, February will often bring bright sunshine, not a cloud in the blue, blue sky. Suddenly the catkins are here, the days are getting just that little bit lighter, and spr

Pruning at the end of winter ensures a number of flowering shrubs will reward with plentiful blooms in later months

Start exotic climbers off now to enjoy cascades of flowers and foliage for five months

These elite seasonal performers really ‘do what they say on the tin’!

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

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