As the long nights shorten, Mounton House garden quietly emerges from winter with delicate sprinklings of white narcissi, Scilla siberica and crocuses through the lawns. Daphnes fill the air with frag

Nick Hamilton explains why getting to know your garden’s sun, soil and shade situation will better help plants thrive

REAL readers' gardens!

Anne outlines her top jobs to be getting on with over the coming fortnight

What to plant, grow, prune and buy this month for your great outdoors

This spring jewel is so wonderful when it pops up in gardens, whether it is planted in borders or in areas of grass – as it is just as happy in both. The foliage will start with a slight purple tone a