Kari-Astri Davies considers the origins of her inherited plants and experiments with dahlia seeds

Nothing is quite so cheering after a long dull winter as the vivid floods of crocuses that wash over our parks and gardens in February and March. For David Carver, however, who has set up a small spec

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

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The country’s Cape Floral Kingdom has incredible bloom diversity with around 9,000 species – and some make spectacular plants for our British gardens

Piers Horry, garden and outdoors manager at Dyrham Park, in South Gloucestershire, explains why he loves this picture-perfect piece of perry orchard