Nicola Stocken extols the virtues of a group of plants that play a vital role in the garden throughout the year

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

It’s time to take a look at the wealth of stylish smaller conifers that give all-year colour and structure, says Sue Fisher

Every garden needs a bushy boundary. Here’s how to choose the right one

The inspirational GARDENER

It’s out with winter blues and in with the blossoming prunus, unless it happens to be English pottery. Lucien de Guise finds out what Coalport brought to the tableware