Clematis pruning made simple!

Early-blooming shrubs need a good chop back now to give them time to rejuvenate over the summer months

In the wild, climbing plants often grow together naturally. You’ve only got to look at a British woodland to see the native honeysuckle and clematis in a wild tangle of scent and colour. And more wide

It’s a hugely rewarding pursuit and not as complicated as some people fear

Viburnums have deliciously scented flowers in spring, which add a pop of colour when many other plants are still slowly waking up. You’ll often see them in winter gardens and they take centre stage wh

It may seem brutal but taking the secateurs to them now will promote much healthier growth

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