Capitalize on every inch of your backyard, from sun to shade, with these ground cover ideas to fill otherwise empty areas.

'Purple Dragon' dead nettle (Lamium maculatum 'Purple Dragon') is a fast-growing ground cover with purple flowers. Its heart-shaped toothed leaves are silvery white with soft green edging, making ...

A beautiful way to add more color to your garden is by planting flowering shrubs. These 26 options provide stunning foliage and blooms for you to enjoy.

Roses pair beautifully with a wide range of annuals, perennials, shrubs, and vines. Some rose companions provide contrasting ...

Dillon says it's her favorite full-sun perennial to grow, and neighbors frequently ask her about this flower. "I grow ...

From planting sprouted corms to when to cut blooms for a vase, here's everything you need to know about growing and caring ...

Even so, hydrangeas will suffer in too much shade. Without enough sun, their iconic blooms won't appear and their stems will ...

Dahlias are a staple of the late summer garden and often flower on into autumn. Their colourful and ... you can plant tubers straight into the ground in May or buy young plants.

Growth is very vigorous this month, and a few April showers would help things in gardens as well as fill the dams. With the ...

Back in the flower beds a personal favourite and a substitute for the delphiniums that I love and can’t grow here, is larkspur, an annual with spires of deep purple, lilac or pink. Now that the ...

The Royal Horticultural Society’s chief horticulturist Guy Barter shares his top tips for getting your outdoor space in order ...

APRIL is the perfect time to sow sun loving tomatoes and other veggies. Here, green-fingered gardening expert Olga Grieves gives Natalie Clarke her insider’s guide to turning seeds into delicious ...