Meet House Beautiful ’s new garden columnist Adam Kirtland . This month, he shares why now’s the time to tend to your dahlias, even while the garden is still wiping the sleep from its eyes

Editor Kim Stoddart explains how to allow plants to grow a little wilder for greater all-weather protection

Dahlias are gorgeous. They’re easy to care for, which is a bonus when you’re a grower, and florists absolutely adore them as a focal flower. Their vase life is about five days and, once cut, they don’

Pot them up now for early colour and free plants from the new shoots

Soil conditions and frost risk mean patience is essential

In the first few years of growing cut flowers at Perch Hill, we would have some weeks where the place was bursting with flowers, making it hard to keep up, and other weeks (which frustratingly always