These elite seasonal performers really ‘do what they say on the tin’!

So many new types of Japanese flowering quince are now available that they have been the subject of a four-year trial by the RHS. Charles Quest-Ritson picks his favourites

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

Fancy growing something new? Take your pick on what’s new in 2026

Plants that return each year create a framework for borders

At a time when much of the garden sleeps, winter flowers are all the more precious for their scarcity; an irrepressible bunch, undaunted by wind, frost or even a blanket of snow. Many are small, yet t