Step into a magical winter garden in the Weald of Kent, where cyclamens, hellebores and crocuses add splashes of pink and purple to the white carpet of snowdrops

FACT FILE What A genus of architectural, evergreen and predominantly spiny-leaved shrubs from the barberry family (Berberidaceae), bearing remarkably luminous, highly fragrant flowers in autumn and wi

Mahonia x media ‘Winter Sun’ Forgive me please because I have, in my youth, been a bit sneery about mahonias. I recognise that this was a mistake as they have an awful lot in their favour: colour at a

The holy grail for garden owners and designers alike is to plant an outdoor space that looks beautiful 365 days a year, but few pull it off. Unless, of course, your name is Piet Oudolf, the legendary

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Liz Zorab chooses her favourite plants inspired by the skies