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Dazzling, aromatic and resilient, salvias are garden stars. Mike Palmer looks at how to keep these easy-care, high-impact plants thriving all year

Salvias, well, one salvia for sure, have been cultivated from time immemorial. Salvia officinalis, culinary sage, is a constituent of most herb gardens. It comes from the sunny slopes of the Mediterra

A surge in salvia varieties has cemented its status as a star of the summer garden

Plants are so clever at adapting to their increasingly hot, sunny and dry surroundings

Striking pops of autumnal colour, brilliant ideas for small shady spaces and even a wildlife pond in a pot – this urban oasis has it all…

The latest from Carol's beautiful cottage garden... plus her diary for the week!