Showstopping blooms need clever supports that keep their heads above the rest in your garden’s borders

Try our pick of the most beautiful plants you can buy now

There are certain types of plant that are invaluable in any garden, because of the qualities they bring to a bed or border, such as movement, focus and colour. Identifying these helpful heroes and wha

Start exotic climbers off now to enjoy cascades of flowers and foliage for five months

The dream for most garden owners is not to have a boundary at all – given a choice we would probably all prefer an unbroken ‘borrowed’ view, preferably of idyllic countryside or suitably breathtaking

This issue! 60 Around the garden 64 Sow your free seeds 66 Flowers 70 Pruning 72 House plants 75 Wildlife 76 Greenhouse 78 Fruit & veg Bare-root hedging plants, such as hornbeam, are readily available