Brilliant pops of colour from these reliable favourites

Toby explains how to plant and protect these treasures from squirrels

Rosie Irving celebrates an easy-going shrub that gives so much for so little effort

Mahonia x media ‘Winter Sun’ Forgive me please because I have, in my youth, been a bit sneery about mahonias. I recognise that this was a mistake as they have an awful lot in their favour: colour at a

The search for still-life subjects led the artist Kate Friend to some of the greatest gardens and gardeners in the country, discovers Tiffany Daneff

Ellen Mary explains how these statuesque plants bring drama to the home and make delightful gifts and displays