Awesome alpines

I’M on a mission to introduce more alliums into my garden. These fantastic flowers are great for colour, structure and impact – and pollinators love them, too! Alliums are basically ornamental onions;

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

Potentillas do not shout for attention, but weave their magic delightfully throughout the long, hazy days of summer

Spectacular, intriguing and rather bizarre, Sarracenia is a group of plants that defies expectation. Their bold and colourful trumpets look exotic, even alien, yet they are resoundingly earthbound, an

For many gardeners, midsummer is the highlight of the year when bountiful borders brim with blowsy blooms jostling for space. But creating planting palettes that are both pleasing to the eye and feel

Originally a means of keeping a living record of garden plants, our 722 National Plant Collections–of everything from Abies to Zingiber –set the gold standard across the world. Charles Quest-Ritson meets some of the expert collection holders