When the nights draw in and days shorten, it’s tempting to pack up the garden, light the fire and settle in for the winter ...

92-year-old Rachel McHug thinks of RHS Harlow Carr as her own garden after 35 years of volunteering ...

A method of growing new plants from parts of an existing plant, such as sections of root, stem, leaf or bud. When prepared correctly and planted in the right conditions, they can produce roots and ...

Votes are in! Discover the ‘Feel Good’ RHS Partner Garden of the Year 2024 Download the RHS Garden Wisley app and use as your personal tour guide. Look out for walks throughout the year, including ...

Thyme (Thymus) is a compact evergreen shrub with small aromatic leaves. It’s easy to grow in a warm, sunny spot, in free-draining soil or containers. It’s also drought tolerant and needs little ...

Amorphophallus are perennials with corm-like rhizomes and huge, deeply-lobed leaves. The flowers are composed of a purple-red to greenish-white spathe, often unpleasantly-scented, and a central spadix ...

New results from RHS trials in commercial settings reveal that peat-free growing media often retain water better than those ...

'Sungold' is a large deciduous shrub with arching branches bearing narrow, dark green leaves and rounded clusters of sweetly scented orange-yellow flowers in summer and autumn ...

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 ...

A compact, clump-forming perennial to 50cm tall with deciduous, strap-like, dark green foliage. In summer, it bears large, rounded umbels of flowers up to 20cm across on short, sturdy stems; the ...

'Short and Sassy' is a compact, clump-forming perennial to 40cm high with lance-shaped leaves. Flowers borne from midsummer into early autumn comprise a dark brown central cone surrounded by orange to ...

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 ...