IN the swelter of last summer, a coolly ...

REAL readers' gardens!

I like unusual words and there are a couple that seem appropriate for this time of year. March, we know, is a fickle beast, where the weather can flicker from T-shirt to thermals in the course of a da

There’s magic in every seed – so start planting them today for a garden bursting with colour and buzzing with life

Purple punctuates the planting: here an acer, verbena and some pinky-purple crinum, or swamp lily, stand out

One of the most underrated summer flowering bulbs is eucomis, or pineapple lily. Everyone thought they weren’t hardy, but they’ve proved to be very hardy – although they don’t particularly like wet wi