Climbing plants
30 of the best climbing plants for 2024
Choose from our selection of best climbing plants and add vertical interest to walls and trellises or allow to scramble over other plants in borders. Plantsman and garden designer Rory Dusoir gives his top recommendations.
How to prune wisteria
Wisteria needs to be pruned twice a year to keep it in good shape and to ensure abundant flowers. Here's how to do it. Photographs by Gavin Kingcome.
Elevate your garden with the best climbing plant supports of 2024
Give your plants the support they need to help them flourish in the garden. Here are a few of the best wall trellis designs for climbing plants in 2024
Annual climbers: 21 of the best annual climbers to plant
Annual climbers can be sown and grown in a year and are an easy and colourful way to cover walls or trellises. Plant expert Matthew Biggs chooses 21 of his favourite annual climbers
The best scented sweet peas
Choose from our list of favourite scented sweet peas – perfect for your garden and hand-picked bouquets
The best garden ladders
Our selection of the best garden ladders, from classic styles to fold away and adjustable designs.
Clematis montana: how to grow and prune, plus the best varieties
Although known as vigorous plants, Clematis montana can be also be medium sized or even compact. Here are some recommended varieties from the National Collection at the garden of National Collection holder, Val Le Neville-Parry. Words by plant expert Andy McIndoe. Photographs by Dianna Jazwinski
Which late-flowering clematis to choose
Think of clematis and you probably conjure up the large-flowered types of early summer. But most flower from midsummer to early autumn, with tiny, bell-shaped flowers. Garden designer and writer Noël Kingsbury lists 15 favourites. Photographs by Rachel Warne
The best winter-flowering clematis
Plant expert John Hoyland recommends 14 of the best winter-flowering clematis to grow in your garden. Photographs by Jason Ingram.
The best ivy for your garden - top variegated and decorative cultivars
Discover the best English ivies for your garden, recommended by plant expert Andy McIndoe. Photographs Dianna Jazwinski.
How to make a garden arbour and tunnel using natural materials
Inspiration and expert advice on how to make a garden arbour and tunnel using natural materials. Words Kristy Ramage and Jacky Mills, Photographs Jason Ingram
Expert Raymond Evison recommends the best clematis to grow in the garden
Clematis is a much-loved climbing plant that is suitable for gardens of all sizes. Clematis expert Raymond Evison lists his all-time favourite clematis for the garden
Where garden designers buy their plants
A garden is only as good as its plants. Here four renowned garden designers choose their favourite plant suppliers.
26 of the best scented flowers
Choose scented flowers to give your garden extra appeal. Here's 26 favourites to give you fragrance right through the seasons
Does English ivy and other climbers damage walls?
If you're worried about growing ivy or a climber up the wall of your house or garden wall, read our advice on best practice to ensure you never have any problems with damage to the wall's structure
Favourite clematis chosen in RHS People's Choice Award
The People's Choice Award had the public voting for the latest varieties of clematis
Book of the month - Walled Gardens by Jules Hudson
Read a review of Walled Gardens by Jules Hudson. The book looks at a selection of walled gardens to discover more about their horticultural heydays and social history.
Historic and wild, the rose garden at Morville Hall
Morville Hall in Shropshire has an impressive collection of romantic and historic wild roses in the Dower House garden. Take a look at this inspirational garden and find tips on how to maintain a wild rose garden from Katherine Swift who created the garden
Pruning: Flowering shrubs
Read our guide to successful pruning flowering shrubs to achieve a plant that is well shaped with lots of flowers.