Long dismissed as garden relics, these easy-care classics are now the go-to for effortless colour and pollinator appeal

Long overlooked and unfairly maligned, these tough, colourful and low-maintenance plants deliver year-round structure and style

The days might be cold and grey but your outside space can still bring you joy – there are sturdy, vigorous plants that will fill it with beauty and heart-lifting colour…

York Gate, a one-acre garden near Leeds, was donated by the Spencer family in 1994 to Perennial, the charity that helps people working in horticulture and their families. While the garden was develope

Rosie Irving explains why this easy-to-grow shrub offers beauty, berries and biodiversity all in one

If you want to plant a light woodland–perhaps underplanted with wild primroses and bluebells–or are looking for a luminous specimen tree for the garden, consider a birch, advises Charles Quest-Ritson