In the first of a two-part series, Mike Palmer celebrates his favourite fuss-free hardy geraniums for sunny borders

As winter eases and spring beckons, longer days bring the garden to life – and your growing year starts here…

There’s magic in every seed – so start planting them today for a garden bursting with colour and buzzing with life

REAL readers' gardens!

There are some vegetables that thrive in the cold, but unless you aspire to self-sufficiency Tom Coward recommends caution when sowing very early in the year. “It’s a mistake, although we always do it

I absolutely adore smaller gladioli like Gladiolus communis subsp. byzantinus. It can naturalise, which is a really positive thing for the garden. For anyone who’s terrified of having pink in their ga