IF you’re anything like me you probably have pots galore – clusters in corners, popping up on patios and framing your front door. But container growing isn’t just about planting from the ground up – h

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

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

Planting schemes should never stand still, so let’s reassess, reshape and reinvigorate

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

Add support to peonies that have, large, heavy flowers such as ‘Sarah Bernhardt’ and ‘Duchesse de Nemours’. Special tapered, cone-shaped supports for peonies are available and can be simply pushed int