Snip now and your flowers will thank you later as a small trim can work wonders, says Joe Swift

Get your garden ready for the season and look forward to the healthiest growth and your best blooms yet!

Work your way through your borders, removing dandelion flowerheads before they get the chance to set seed. Flowers of dandelions are a useful source of early nectar for pollinators but if they are abl

Remove the tall old stems of Russian sage (Perovskia atriplicifolia) to encourage strong new growth. Use secateurs to cut each stem to 15cm from ground level, which might seem drastic but will result

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

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