There’s magic in every seed – so start planting them today for a garden bursting with colour and buzzing with life

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

REAL readers' gardens!

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

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

It’s time for sowing, planting alpine containers and living screens and tidying up old growth