edible flowers Scattering flowers over your food is a good way to add colour and I've always been a sucker for marigolds, violas, primroses and nasturtiums for this decorative reason alone, but the more I learn
pollinator super plants Many cultivated garden plants have limited wildlife value. Years of selection for increasing showy blooms has resulted in flowers losing their attraction to pollinators, but there are plenty of t
flowers for indian summers Compare the weeks that a group of hardy annuals are in flower – cornflowers, sweet peas, marigolds and love-in-a-mist – with a group of half-hardy annuals, such as tobacco plants, cosmos, snapdragons
erigeron karvinskianus | why sarah loves this Sarah tells us why Erigeron karvinskianus is one of her favourite all-round garden plants.A plant that you’ll find literally everywhere in my garden is Erigeron karvinskianus, and it’s a plant that is
wonderful wisteria The benefits of a rain-sodden spring are not many, but a glorious, colourful display of wisteria is one! Imagine walking through a wood at this time of year in the hillier, wilder areas of Honshu or
gardening at home with sarah | planting out dahlias In this video Sarah shares an update on the progress of her dahlia cuttings taken a few weeks ago, now planted out in the dahlia trial beds at Perch Hill. By viewing the video, you a
clematis for every month of the year Clematis are among the showiest of climbers – and a garden with climbers is a place that feels as though it has come into its own. No longer a randomly selected patch of cultivated earth,
how to sow parsley seeds Watch as Sarah demonstrates how to sow one of her favourite herbs, parsley, and shares top tips for successful germination. Parsley is one of my absolute favourit
growing magnolias Our bedroom window in Sissinghurst looks east, so during the unbelievable sequence of perfect spring mornings that we have enjoyed day after day and week after week this year, we have looked out first
how to make a hand-tied bunch Sarah shows us how to make a hand tied bouquet of flowers - using home-grown flowers from her cutting patch at Perch Hill Farm. Before you start, lay out all your condi
companion planting: friends with benefits Most of us love the idea of companion planting, the underlying principle being that by uniting one species with another we’ll free a plant from the scourge of some particular pest or have a mira
salvia 'amistad' | why sarah loves this One of my absolute favourite plants. Incredible flowers, excellent performance and loved by pollinators. One of my absolute favourite plants is Salvia ‘Amistad&rs
how to create a butterfly garden Walking through the hay meadows in Transylvania last summer felt like a visit to a perfect place, not just for the wildflowers – the salvias, aquilegias and orchids – but for the butterfli
direct sowing seeds Direct sowing seeds, sowing straight into the soil in your garden is not a mystery that only the 'green-fingered' can master. There is a science behind direct sowing seeds and if you know the facts, i
annual flowers for pots If I had to choose my absolute favourite annual flowers for pots these would be it. All these flowers are perfect for pots in the summer and will give you maximum colour impact for minimal effort. Ann
top 5 vegetable seeds to sow in may If you said to me I only had five packets of seed to sow in May in the veg plot which would they be? Which are the plants that I would hate to be without, that I would miss having in the garden to giv
