Low maintenance

English Lavender, Lavandula angustifolia Elizabeth

Favourite lavenders for a low maintenance garden

Peacock Trellis

Garden Equipment

The best climbing plant supports for 2023

Crab apple Malus Evereste

The best crab apple trees for colour and form

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How to plant a terrarium

Learn how to lay a hedge using traditional craftsmanship and hedge laying skills.

How to lay a hedge

Winter flowering heather: Erica x darleyensis 'Aurelie Bregeon'

The best winter-flowering heathers to grow

Pinus mugo

The best small conifers to grow

Charles Dowding © Jonathan Buckley

Low maintenance

Charles Dowding on no dig gardening

Golden glow

How to plan a dry garden plus plant combinations

Container display using a mass-planting of daffodils

Inspiration and advice for planting bulbs in pots

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Reducing plastic in your garden and allotment

Marian Boswell's layered border planting plan

Garden border ideas How to create a mixed border planting plan

Paeonia lactiflora 'Hot Chocolate' c Jason Ingram

The best peonies for your garden

Green wall in Utrecht, designed by Erik Funneman. © Sietske de Vries

How to create a living wall

In a hilltop location, bands of Persicaria amplexicaulis ‘Rosea’, Phlomis russeliana and self-seeded Lychnis coronaria support each other in a densely planted flower garden. The sun is setting through a Catalpa bignonioides and great plumes of Miscanthus sinensis ‘Gracillimus’ hide the parking area.

How to create a flower-filled hillside garden