Celebrate the warmth of may

Centaurea cyanus ‘Polka Dot Mixed’ Picture yourselves at about the age of eight. It is your birthday and a party is planned. The morning has been fraught: as with all birthdays the excitement begins e

With returning swifts screaming across the rooftop and golden buttercup pollen gilding his Wellingtons as he strides across the cow meadow, John Lewis-Stempel marvels at the many pleasures of May

The warmth of summer is here. This year, April and May have been warm and dry with the odd shower, and, therefore, many of my herbaceous perennials have put on growth and started flowering. Often, at

MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR OUTDOOR SPACE THIS MONTH WITH OUR GUIDE TO THE CHANGING SEASONS

Colour-drench your plot all summer using a shrewd selection of splashy bedding plants

Add structure, colour and foliage interest with pretty summer-blooming shrubs