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A mature Wasabia japonica can have as many as 20 plantlets to replenish your stock
Image: The Wasabi Company

Stop wasting your money on the fake version of this expensive condiment, and grow your own

Western wasabi is a pale imitation of the real thing. Learn how you can grow this exotic condiment as easily as the rest of your home-grown vegetables.
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Top designer tips for hiding 8 common garden eyesores

Most gardens have an eyesore to deal with but you can disguise them with a little creative thinking.
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Self-binding gravel paths wind around the plant-packed borders – a riot of colourful plants with strikingly strong contrasts. Choices include vibrant Rudbeckia fulgida var. sullivantii ‘Goldsturm’, rich mahogany Rudbeckia hirta ‘Cappuccino’, chartreuseyellow Hakonechloa macra SunFlare (= ‘Habsfl007’) and ruby-flushed Imperata cylindrica ‘Red Baron’. © Clive Nichols

This garden designer said no to pastels to create his colour-packed plot inspired by his travels

Planting designer Jānis Raubiška has taken inspiration from across the world for his vibrant garden in Surrey
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Daniel Carlson

"I’ve always learned on the job": Meet Daniel Carlson, a former vegetable grower from California

A former vegetable farmer from California, Daniel now works alongside Jonny Bruce at The Field Nursery. Portrait Jason Ingram
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Prunus 'Collingwood Ingram' © P Tomlins / Alamy Stock Photo

Amazing displays of spring blossom are easier to achieve than you think. We pick the best flowering shrubs and trees for spring

Flowering trees and shrubs are one of the delights of spring and make wonderful additions to even the smallest of gardens.
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A moisture-loving container display in an upcycled bucket by Alison Jenkins

Pick up on the textures and colours of pre-loved household items or discarded industrial objects to bring out the best in late-spring arrangements with Alison Jenkins of Damson Farm.
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English bluebells

Everything you need to know about growing bluebells

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.
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Gardening jobs for April

Our expert panel of professional gardeners share their tasks for April with top tips on lawn care, veg growing and other spring tasks.
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Tulipa ‘Honeymoon’

These are the most elegant tulips to grow, recommended by experts

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

6 dark tulips to grow for a rich and moody scheme

Here are the very best dark tulips to grow in the garden, all chosen by experts
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Tulip Plant Trial Wisley © Nicola Stocken

The best tulips to for home gardens: 19 tulips selected by experts for perfect displays

19 cultivars of tulip have been newly awarded an Award of Garden Merit, recommending them to gardeners.
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The best cherry blossom trees

Want beautiful cherry blossom in your garden? Here are 18 of the best cherry blossom trees to plant

Ornamental Japanese cherry blossom trees are one of the delights of spring, with their clouds of pink or white blooms.
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Tulipa ‘Golden Apeldoorn’ © Rachel Warne

9 yellow tulips chosen by experts to brighten up the spring garden

A selection of the best yellow tulips to grow, chosen by gardening experts.
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Tulipa ‘Willem van Oranje’

11 bold and beautiful orange tulips to liven up garden borders

The best orange, bronze, apricot and peach tulips to grow.
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Tulipa ‘Temple of Beauty’

Stunning pink tulips to grow for jewel-filled borders

These are the very best pink tulips to grow in the garden, all chosen by experts
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Tulipa ‘Negrita’

10 gorgeous purple tulips recommended by top gardening experts

A selection of the best purple tulips to grow for beautiful blooms in spring.
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The blooming stock beds of StaudenKopf, framed by agricultural fields, with the Swiss Alps rising up beyond. Almost all of the herbaceous perennials the nursery sells are propagated on-site from plants growing in the ground © Richard Bloom

Meet the couple who turned an empty field into a colourful organic nursery in the shadow of the Alps

Those eager to find organic, home-grown, colourful perennials will delight in Stauden Kopf nursery, in the shadow of the Alps in Austria.
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Adam Frost reveals the secret to having a lovely garden when you have dogs

Gardener, designer and TV presenter Adam Frost reveals the secret to gardening with dogs in the latest season of Talking Gardens.
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Pippa Greenwood

Meet Pippa Greenwood – gardening's agony aunt with a fetish for pests and diseases

The plant-health expert on her unexpected journey into television, and a career as gardening’s most dependable agony aunt
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Garden gnomes pictured on the lawn of a sunny garden

The RHS has lifted its gnome ban for Chelsea Flower Show 2026 - for one important reason

The RHS's gnome ban will be lifted for just the second time in history
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Dowdeswell Court gardens

Inside Dowdeswell Court, the private gardens of clothing brand Holland Cooper's founder

Around the Neoclassical home of Jade Holland Cooper and Julian Dunkerton, Urquhart & Hunt has designed a garden that works in harmony with a variety of wildlife.
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UK gardeners NEED to know about these 10 underused plants

These are great plants that James Hitchmough believes really deserve to be grown more and certainly should be better known to UK gardeners.
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