The garden is designed to be a relatable, enjoyable and beautiful space, and to help reduce flood risk and to recover quickly after periods of heavy rainfall. Dense planting slows the flow, while ...

It’s super easy, reaps a range of rewards, and is soaring in popularity. Is this the composting technique where everyone wins ...

The flowers dangle in pairs, like mini ballerinas with tutus, along the stems towards the tips. Colours include pale pinkish-white, and all shades of pink, red and violet-purple. Some have golden, ...

These dramatic sun-loving border plants produce large spherical flowerheads, usually in beautiful shades of blue, from midsummer onwards. These sway on tall stems above clumps of strappy foliage. Some ...

The famed British plantswoman left thousands of photos from her collection to the RHS Lindley Library ...

Step into a world of winter magic at the RHS Glow illuminations! As the nights grow longer, our gardens are transformed into enchanting landscapes of light, where trees shimmer, pathways twinkle, and ...

Straightforward to grow and ideal for beginners, French beans produce good harvests in a relatively small space and are highly decorative too, with pods in a choice of colours. There are compact ...

Iconic and romantic, our native foxgloves are instantly recognisable – their spires of purple bells adorning woodland clearings and cottage gardens. And now, with new hybrids and different species ...

A perennial to 25cm in height, forming extensive colonies. Erect racemes of nodding, bell-shaped, fragrant white flowers arise with the paired, elliptic leaves ...

Cheerful and fun, zinnias are half-hardy annuals grown as a bedding display or cut flower crop for a sheltered and warm site. They perform best in a good summer.

Known as the prayer plant, as it folds its leaves at night. It is a variable, rhizomatous, clump-forming perennial. It has elliptic to ovate shaped, dark green leaves with silver lines from the midrib ...

These spreading deciduous shrubs, ranging from 2.5-5m (8-16ft) in height and spread, produce spider-like, usually yellow (but also orange or red) flowers on the bare branches in late winter. The oval ...