The hunger games

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

IF you love houseplants you’ve probably come across them – those tiny little annoying flies that flit around the soil, and seem to enjoy flying straight into your face or your cup of tea. They’re fung

Butterflies have been having a tough time of it, says Joe Swift — so make your garden a place they’ll be happy to call home

Adrian Thomas celebrates the sheer variety of life that accompanies us in our gardens

Gardeners’ enemy number one or under-the-radar ally? Sally Coulthard reveals why it’s time to get better acquainted with these remarkable gastropods

WE’VE all done it – we’ve picked up a plant somewhere because we liked the look of it, and then lived to regret it. Perhaps it’s turned out to be a thug, taking over a border, or it’s a prolific self-