Scrambling over supports and into trees, these plants are a true delight of the season, says Sue Fisher

Because we garden organically here, we are at the mercy of slugs and snails, which means we have good years and bad years when it comes to dahlias. We could lift them, grow them on, then plant them ou

Some of our best garden plants are climbers. I grow many including clematis and roses, along with annuals such as sweet peas, and they all produce masses of colour – so why would you not fill your gar

The country’s Cape Floral Kingdom has incredible bloom diversity with around 9,000 species – and some make spectacular plants for our British gardens

Spring is heralded with a rich array of rocky gems in this wonderful west Scottish garden

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