Is it unusual for a snowdrop to have two flowers on the stem?

It took me a while to love roses as a plant. I had always admired the flowers in the kind of knee-jerk way that most of us love sunsets or the song of a blackbird, but I had no feeling for them as pla

The latest from Carol's beautiful cottage garden... plus her diary for the week!

...Continued Watering the greenhouse plants Double the ...

ONE of the problems with growing roses—apart from ...

When choosing a flowering shrub, a deutzia is rarely at the top of the list. Philadelphus are well known for their fragrance, everyone loves a lilac, many weigelas have the benefit of colourful foliag

Mike Palmer shares his top tips for growing picture-perfect pinks