John Massey’s Ashwood Nurseries has been breeding superb hellebores for the past 35 years, and they are acknowledged to be the best in the world. It all began because John was looking for winter work

Nothing is quite so cheering after a long dull winter as the vivid floods of crocuses that wash over our parks and gardens in February and March. For David Carver, however, who has set up a small spec

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

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

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

So alluring is the scent as it hangs in the cold air that no garden should be without a winter-flowering daphne. Charles Quest-Ritson picks the best