Discover the varieties that shine in every season and learn how to give them the best start

If you want to plant a light woodland–perhaps underplanted with wild primroses and bluebells–or are looking for a luminous specimen tree for the garden, consider a birch, advises Charles Quest-Ritson

Create a living boundary that brings beauty, privacy and is a haven for wildlife

Garden plagued by problems? Here’s how to transform any space

The garden was a blank canvas when I first moved in. A single tree. A lawn invaded by alkanet. London clay so hard you couldn’t push a spade in. I was more concerned with urgent matters such as the de

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