Give them a trim and feed so they’re ready for spring

It’s time for sowing, planting alpine containers and living screens and tidying up old growth

Looking after shrub and climbing roses Cut back, feed ...

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

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

Soil conditions and frost risk mean patience is essential