Spicy, peppery rocket leaves are a popular addition to salads and easy to grow from seed, ready to harvest in as little as a few weeks. The younger leaves are milder, more tender and delicately ...

Few plants can match perennial delphiniums for their vibrant, statuesque flowers that hold centre stage in early summer. Good for beds, borders and as cut flowers, delphiniums grow best in a sunny ...

Bumblebees forage for nectar on lawns where clover and other lawn ‘weeds’ are allowed to flower Short grass lets green woodpeckers hunt for ants and some solitary bees find nesting spots Long grass ...

Quirky and characterful, these popular drought-tolerant plants thrive indoors and sometimes even outdoors. Spiny or furry, tiny or tall, bold or intricate, they are diverse and endlessly fascinating.

Many houseplants are easy to grow, long lived and can be very rewarding. Whether you are a fan of large architectural plants to use as focal points in a room, miniature plants for growing in terraria, ...

Through late summer and autumn, chrysanthemums bring fresh vibrancy to borders and containers, just when many summer displays are fading. They make colourful, long-lasting cut flowers too.

Watershoots (also known as epicormic growth) are distinctive-looking vertical shoots that grow strongly. They usually sprout in spring, often in large numbers, after a tree has been heavily pruned or ...

Many garden euphorbias are a staple of early summer gardens, with their acid yellow, green and bright orange shades amid the fresh foliage of the season. Others perform later in the summer, providing ...