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Neatly trained fruit trees enable you to pack more produce into your garden, offering fresh-picked flavours paired with stylish horticultural design

This South West garden has gone from dark, shady and overgrown to lush and romantic

Originally a means of keeping a living record of garden plants, our 722 National Plant Collections–of everything from Abies to Zingiber –set the gold standard across the world. Charles Quest-Ritson meets some of the expert collection holders

The impermanent beauty of plants such as the tree peony, whose display of flowers is fleeting, captures the imagination of gardeners. Louise Curley explores their timeless charm

✔ Use any spare growing space for successional sowings of fast-growing radishes. I like ‘Rainbow Mix’, as you get a lucky-dip surprise when harvesting them for salads or roasting as a BBQ side dish. ✔

Quiz of the week 1) What is the dispersal ...