Great garden designers 'have a plant vocabulary that runs into hundreds or even thousands' says Alan — and that's at the heart of Russell Page's genius.
'Let's hope it is the first of many' says Mark Griffith of The Garden Museum's latest coup.
Rose expert Charles Quest-Ritson on the delights of the rambling rose.
If you've been enviously eyeing the extraordinary wisteria on display across Britain this summer and wondering how you can grow your own, help is at hand. Alan Titchmarsh shares his advice for growing this most glorious of horticultural spectacles.
Mark Diacono on how — and why — to grow sweet cicely.
The revered gardener Peter Catt — one of a tiny number of people to have won the RHS’s top accolade — has bred and grown some of the finest shrubs in Britian. He told Val Bourne about his ten favourites.
Huge strides are being made in understanding the lives of plants, and Mark Diacono is listening closely.
The odd quick win is one thing, says garden writer Anna Pavord, but those who take their time in the garden are the ones who gain the most.
We may not all be able to grow the sort of delphiniums that are on display at the Chelsea Flower Show, but even in ordinary gardens these statuesque plants still turn heads. John Hoyland shares his expert tips.
From apples to strawberries, here's when the fruits in your garden will be ready to pick.
Our columnist Alan Titchmarsh is a supporter — and a vice-president — of the RHS. But he worries that the horticulture is in danger of going missing from the Royal Horticultural Society's Chelsea Flower Show.
Country Life's former gardens editor Kathryn Bradley-Hole writes her 2023 Chelsea Flower Show preview — and she anticipates a confident return to form at Chelsea, with mouth-watering designs for productive gardens, aromatic Mediterranean planting and even a reinterpretation of the rock garden.
Five-times Chelsea Flower Show gold medallist Mark Gregory recommends plants to grow in your garden that look as good as they taste.
An abundance might sound like success for a gardener, but if you're growing crops at home to supply your own needs, then little and often is a much better aim. Mark Diacono explains.
Clearing out plants is not for the faint-hearted, but Anna Pavord shares her hard-won tips.
Alan Titchmarsh admits that the plants that give him most pleasure aren't always the ones he's intended to grow.
Charles Quest-Ritson takes a look at the incomparable hepaticas of John Massey.
The phrase 'Spring is a new beginning’ may be a touch trite for today’s tastes, says Alan Titchmarsh, but it is 'a phrase that invades my mind each and every March'.
Mark Diacono makes a case for blackcurrants being one of the best — and simplest — fruits to grow in your garden.
