Mat Reese

The best December flowers and foliage from winter interest plants chosen for structure, colour and texture in the garden. Photographs Jason Ingram

Hardy fuchsias can flower from late spring right through to early autumn. Mat Reese, head gardener at Malverleys in Hampshire, recommends his favourites and gives advice on growing them

These elegant blooms are perfect for brightening up late-summer and autumn borders, here we explain how to use this colourful flower. Words: Matthew Reese, Photographs: Jason Ingram

As the daylight wanes and temperature falls, these autumn flowers will bring welcome flourishes of colour and warmth to your garden

Our pick of plants which are at their best in September to create borders that will give your garden a late-summer glow. Photos by Jason Ingram and Maayke de Ridder.

With highly fragrant blooms, this stalwart of the English flower garden brings some cool, fresh colour to late summer borders. Words: Matthew Reese, Photographs: Jason Ingram

Discover some of the most beautiful white flowers around and learn how to make a stunning white border to delight from early spring to late summer

Half-hardy plants with airy flowers in dark maroon to apple green, most nicotianas also bring heady scent to summer evenings. Gardener Matthew Reese shares his advice for how to grow nicotiana, where to plant it, and recommends his favourite varieties. Photographs Jason Ingram

Enter a contemporary English flower garden in Devon that exudes an unforgettable sense of place. Words Matthew Reese, Photographs Jason Ingram

Malverleys’ head gardener Matthew Reese explains the importance of trees, shrubs and early flowering perennials for creating a dynamic planting scheme to carry the garden throughout the year. Words Matthew Reese. Photographs Jason Ingram.

Over the past 40 years the landscape designer Arabella Lennox-Boyd has turned her Lancashire garden into magical place. Words Matthew Reese, photographs Jason Ingram.

Offering beautiful foliage shape and texture, ferns are easy to grow. Our plant experts choose the best ferns for your garden. Photographs by Jason Ingram.

Discover exactly how to propagate ferns with our step by step guide from head gardener Mat Reese. Photographs by Jason Ingram

Helen Dillon’s dazzling Dublin plot is packed with rare and unusual specimens in masterful juxtaposition with more familiar species, all grown with the utmost skill and dedication. Words Matthew Reese. Photographs Jason Ingram.

Here's a list of the best grasses or Pennisetum chosen by head gardener Matthew Reese

In the Devon landscape, plantsman Keith Wiley works in harmony with nature, allowing plants to thrive much as they would in the wild. Words Matthew Reese, Photographs Jason Ingram

With its dramatic foliage and punchy colours, Malverleys’ Exotic Garden reaches its peak in autumn, providing one last show-stopping hurrah before head gardener Matthew Reese and his team ease the garden into winter. Words Matthew Reese, photographs Jason Ingram

The modest blooms of single-flowered roses have a simplicity and perfection all of their own, and are highly attractive to pollinators. Head gardener Mat Reese chooses 13 of the best. Photographs Jason Ingram.

With the best of spring over, head gardener Matthew Reese gets to work in the Flower Garden at Malverleys, coaxing colour and interest from self-seeders, bedding and early flowering perennials until high summer takes hold. Words Matthew Reese. Photographs Jason Ingram.

Looking for lovely variegated plants? Horticultural experts pick their favourites to grow from cornus to geranium

Originated by Vita Sackville-West at Sissinghurst, the White Garden has spawned many imitations. Here's how to create one and more inspiration for your own

Viburnums are easy-to-grow, versatile shrubs, which can be evergreen or deciduous, offer scented, nectar-rich flowers, often with attractive foliage and berries