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Presenter and garden designer Mark Lane shares his top picks for thrifty gardeners – easy to propagate, low maintenance and they’ll put on a fabulous floral show

These are the ten plants that I use most often and the ones that I could not possibly live without. 1 AGAPANTHUS INAPERTUS Mid- to dark-blue, 7cm-long bells on very tall, bolt-upright stems, with many

I love the delicate, open, airy height provided by Anthriscus sylvestris so early in the year, with a drama and elegance like few other spring-flowering perennials. Its off-white flowers and burgundy

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

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.