The borders in Jānis Raubiška and Martin Paley’s garden look as though they are having a party. Planting designer Jānis says he doesn’t have any time for pastels – he finds them boring. Fireworks are

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

Picotee-pink-edged, large flowers that look at you from a tall stem. Followed by marbled evergreen leaves. A sterile cultivar from Rodney Davey, it flowers prolifically as its energy is saved for flow

Erysimum Rysi Copper One of the definitions of a wallflower is that of a shy and awkward person with whom nobody wants to dance: I am sure we have all felt like that at some point in our adolescence.

The anemone that looks like a poppy... the anemone that looks like a buttercup... the anemone from Japan that looks like the one from North Africa – those plant-naming botanists certainly keep us ente

Plantsman, designer and TV presenter Jamie Butterworth shares his failsafe planting combinations for different spots on your plot