Reduce the height of tall buddleias now to prevent the risk of any branches snapping and potentially causing damage during winter gales. This pruning is also essential on younger buddleias to reduce t

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FACT FILE What A genus of architectural, evergreen and predominantly spiny-leaved shrubs from the barberry family (Berberidaceae), bearing remarkably luminous, highly fragrant flowers in autumn and wi

Winter is for restoration. The garden is pared back and elemental: everything is visible and in its stillness there’s time to reflect on the preceding year and to imagine and plan the year to come. Ye

Sustain beauty all winter with smart planting and bold choices

Rosie Irving celebrates an easy-going shrub that gives so much for so little effort