Here’s the route to chrysanths that are headed for exhibition

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

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Work your way through your borders, removing dandelion flowerheads before they get the chance to set seed. Flowers of dandelions are a useful source of early nectar for pollinators but if they are abl

This is the month of horticultural happiness, and with everything looking fresh, green and lush, even the burgeoning weeds become – briefly – delightful additions to the garden. Selfheal sprouts gaily

Give flowering house plants a general house-plant feed every two weeks throughout spring, then switch to a weekly high-potash house-plant food as flower buds develop. Orchids don’t like heavy doses of