The prestigious RHS Medals and Awards are handed out as the Show opens. Take a tour of the gardens and see if you agree with ...

Malvern Autumn Show celebrates the best of the harvest with fruit & veg competitions, awards for vintage dress, cake bakes ...

Provision of gardens needs to be central to UK housebuilding targets to ensure liveability of Government’s 1.5 million new ...

Can you help us find some fascinating fungi at RHS Wisley? This autumn we are calling on visitors to become community ...

The Royal Horticultural Society is the UK’s leading gardening charity. We aim to enrich everyone’s life through plants, and ...

What are oak gall wasps? Oaks, especially the native species Quercus robur and Q. petraea are the host plants for more than 70 species of cynipid gall wasp. It is the larval stage of these insects ...

These are fleshy, rounded, underground storage organs, usually sold and planted while dormant. Examples include daffodils, tulips, hyacinths, lilies, onions and garlic. The term is often used to cover ...

A generally easy-to-grow cottage garden favourite, with a few species that are best suited to rock and woodland gardens. Columbines bear dainty flowers in a wide colour range in late spring and early ...

If you live in the urban jungle, your green space needs to work hard – it’s a place to entertain and relax, unwind and escape from the pressures of city living. Even the tiniest spaces can provide a ...

Lupins are classic cottage-garden plants with bold, colourful flower spikes. These easy-to-grow sun-lovers also work well in formal borders, gravel gardens, containers and more, so do give them a try.

Vigorous, clump-forming, upright perennial to 2m tall, with oblong mid-green leaves. Flowers are purple-blue, appearing from late spring through to summer. This plant is a sterile hybrid, it won't ...

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, ...