A passion for plants

Multi-award-winning garden designer Ann-Marie Powell is well-known in gardening circles for her exuberant style. But as she admits in her new book, it took her ‘far too long to stop worrying about wha

The Highgrove Florilegium is a two-volume publication featuring the work of 72 leading botanical artists, with text compiled by botanists at the Natural History Museum. Watercolours from this work hav

I like the slow-quick-slow burn of early spring, with the leaves unfurling slowly but surely. Some plants are decidedly cautious; whitebeams and catalpa won’t show themselves for weeks, while impatien

Shall I tell you how my pests and diseases fetish started?” asks Pippa Greenwood, with typical ebullience. “I was probably five years old and walked past a greengrocer that had an amazing array of ora

Plantsman, designer and TV presenter Jamie Butterworth shares his failsafe planting combinations for different spots on your plot

I’m bringing my summer stars