Safely stored in a dark vault in London, the dried specimens of Carl Linnaeus’s 18th-century herbarium–the basis for the worldwide system of plant naming still in use today–have been revealed in their true colours. Christopher Stocks reports

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

The founder of White House Farm Garden and Arboretum in Kent on his enduring love of woody plants and hopes for the future I grew up amid rolling farmland, surrounded by birds, flowers and trees, and

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

Just one more… Jenny Gustafson’s richly planted garden in south-west Scotland is full of inspiration, with not a bit of space wasted

Rosie Irving explains why these little-known beauties can add valuable colour and scent to chilly days