Plants

We're celebrating dahlia season, so here are 10 facts you might not have known about these gorgeous late season flowers

Struggling with slugs eating your crops? Here are 17 varieties of veg that they won't touch.

English bluebells are one of the highlights of spring. Here's how to grow them in your own garden – and how to differentiate between English and Spanish bluebells.

These are the very best white tulips to grow in the garden, all chosen by experts

Here are the very best dark tulips to grow in the garden, all chosen by experts

Scented-leaf pelargoniums are a group of tender plants prized as much, if not more, for the scent of their leaves as for the beauty of their flowers

A gardener as well as a renowned potter, dahlia devotee Frances Palmer uses her own blooms to adorn her vessels, grown in her imaginatively conceived Connecticut garden.

The National Dahlia Collection has had several homes since its inception in the 1980s, and now, under the care of a dedicated dahlia aficionado, it has been rescued and relocated once more to a new site in Cornwall.

How to be a savvy shopper at the garden centre, with expert tips on what to avoid buying and what to snap up now.

The internet is awash with advice on house plants beating mould. But are the claims actually true?

We are often advised to mist our houseplants. But is it really necessary?

Here are 7 plants that are potentially toxic to cats, and suggestions on what to grow instead.

As the hot weather in the UK continues, we ask three horticultural experts how we should be adapting the way we garden to hotter, drier conditions

These pretty, long flowering perennials are loved by pollinators, come in many colours and work well in different styles of garden, from dry schemes to prairie-inspired plots

James Horner creates a drought tolerant container for all seasons.

Try something different in your pots this summer, with one of these quirky planting combos.

Designer Katie Guillebaud channels the ebullience of the season with this nature-inspired container idea

The garden at the Hauser and Wirth gallery in Somerset is a planting installation by garden designer Piet Oudolf called the Oudolf Field. Here you'll find 24 of the key plants that make up the stunning perennial meadow garden.

Flowering trees and shrubs are one of the delights of spring and make wonderful additions to even the smallest of gardens.

Here are 19 gorgeous spring planting combinations, put together by garden designers.

Our panel of expert gardeners pick the jobs you should be doing in the garden in May.

Fancy growing something different this season? Top plant sellers and nurseries told us which brand-new, recently introduced or simply fresh-to-their-lists plants they are excited about this year

Horticultural lecturer Louise Danks and rescuer of the National Dahlia Collection explains four key tips to growing dahlias

Three garden designers and landscape architects – Arabella Lennox-Boyd, Ula Maria and Jo Thompson – choose their favourite dahlias for late-season colour.

As summer hits its stride, plantswoman Rosy Hardy picks a rich mix of colours, from a deep-purple clematis to a pink sweet pea and an orange red-hot poker

Ornamental Japanese cherry blossom trees are one of the delights of spring, with their clouds of pink or white blooms.

Offering evergreen foliage and a year-round supply of fruit, citrus trees are easy to grow, provided you have somewhere to overwinter them

You invest in a Christmas tree and bring it into your home over the festive season. Make sure it's as happy as possible so it lasts for as long as possible

Bring bright, sunny colour to your late-winter garden with the earliest flowers of the year, which will spread to create golden carpets under trees.

The annual Shepton Mallet Snowdrop Festival in Somerset is the place to be for galanthophiles in February.

Most snowdrops are white, or green and white, but some have yellow markings – and are highly sought after.