Love in a dry climate

Plants are so clever at adapting to their increasingly hot, sunny and dry surroundings

Prairie-style planting surrounds this classic Georgian house, creating texture and a sense of drama against the backdrop of meadows and coppiced woodland

A meeting at a Royal Horticultural Society show in the sumptuous surroundings of Chatsworth House in Derbyshire brought together garden designer Phil Hirst and garden owners Alan and Mandy Peel, who w

It’s all about the choreography of the plants, about the foliage especially, the broad and the narrow, the upright and the sprawling, the moss green and the lime, and all that is green in between,” sa

Shropshire is not the UK’s driest county, admittedly, but at Wildegoose Nursery in the walled garden at Millichope Park, between Much Wenlock and Ludlow, owners Jack and Laura Willgoss have taken the

Like many gardeners, I have a great affection for what are considered ‘prairie plants’ – bold, long-lasting and often late-flowering species originating in the vast grasslands of the North American in