As the long nights shorten, Mounton House garden quietly emerges from winter with delicate sprinklings of white narcissi, Scilla siberica and crocuses through the lawns. Daphnes fill the air with frag

Professor Buczacki is a horticultural expert, writer and former chair of Gardeners' Question Time

Professor Buczacki is a borticultural expert, weiter and former chair of Gardeners Question Time

Planting schemes should never stand still, so let’s reassess, reshape and reinvigorate

Give them a trim and feed so they’re ready for spring

There are some vegetables that thrive in the cold, but unless you aspire to self-sufficiency Tom Coward recommends caution when sowing very early in the year. “It’s a mistake, although we always do it