-
The best potato varieties to grow in a British gardenIf you grow your own potatoes, you may find things are a little harder this year — but Mark Diacono picks out nine varieties that you can grow yourself which will easily outstrip what you find in the shops for flavour, texture and often colour.
-
Alan Titchmarsh: The best gardening books in my library of 5,000 volumesThe best of Alan Titchmarsh's gardening books have helped shape his career — he takes a look at some very special items in his library.
-
Charles Quest-Ritson: The secret to enjoying gardens in beastly cold, deepest winterOur columnist has a suggestion for enjoying January, albeit one that doesn't involve staying put in England.
-
What you need to know about training fruit trees, from fans and spirals to arches, palmettes and beyondTrained fruit trees are beautiful as well as bounteous. Mark Diacono explains what you need to know if you wish to get started.
-
Country Life's 10 best garden stories of 2021From Alan Titchmarsh's beautiful prose to expert advice on growing an orchard.
-
Alan Titchmarsh: 'Only God’s earth — in the garden and the countryside — is capable of coming up with the goods with reliability equal to that of St Nicholas'Alan Titchmarsh's Christmas column looks at all the plants of the festive season.
-
A gardener's guide to winter, from late autumn to the end of FebruaryTiffany Daneff shares her winter gardening tips.
-
How to grow spectacular winter flowers that will make your garden smell wonderful until SpringIt's possible to plant flowers that offer beautiful sights and smells throughout winter. Steven Desmond suggests some of the best.
-
Noel Kingsbury: Why it's time to reassess 'one of the great triumphs of the 20th-century English garden'Everything from climate change to the whims of gardening fashion shape what we plant, but is it time to remember our traditional strengths, asks Noel Kingsbury.
-
The six varieties of poppy every gardener needs to knowFrom common poppy and the poum poppy to the bright yellow Welsh poppy, Jack Watkins takes a look at these exquisite natural flowers.
-
What you need to know about privet hedges: The good, the brilliant, the quirky... and the one that all my visitors ask me aboutPrivet can be dull, admits Charles Quest-Ritson — but it needn't be, if you plant the right varieties. Our expert shares his knowledge of a plant so ubiquitous that we rarely stop to think about it.
-
How to grow a nut treeCountry Life's expert grow-it-to-eat-it gardener Mark Diacono shares his tips on how to grow a nut tree — or even better, an entire nuttery — in your garden.
-
What to do with sweet chestnuts, from roasting over an open fire to adding zip to burgers and browniesMark Diacono says that autumn is synonymous with sweet chestnuts — and he has all sorts of ways to make the most of a seasonal treat.
-
Nine unusual berries that you should be growing in your garden, from boysenberries to wineberriesThere’s a wealth of juicy deliciousness beyond the standard fruit-cage fare of strawberry, raspberry and blackberry. Mark Diacono explores all the other berries we should be growing, too.
-
Alan Titchmarsh: How to force Christmas bulbs to ensure fresh, beautiful seasonal flowersWriter and broadcaster Alan Titchmarsh generally enjoys the patience and anticipation of gardening, but is happy to make an exception when it comes to forcing bulbs for Christmas. Here's how he does it.
-
How to plant the perfect pot of tulipsPots look simple, but it takes a bit of planning to create a balanced display for five weeks of colour in spring. Designer Angel Collins shows how to do it.
-
Mary Keen: The secrets of vertical gardeningGardener and author Mary Keen on why you should think up to make the most of your garden.
-
Best tulips: The bulbs to buy now to light up your garden throughout next summerCharles Quest-Ritson once looked down on tulips, something he deeply regrets. Don't make the same mistake, he says, as he names his favourite tulips of the summer and suggests you look to buy bulbs now.
-
How to get rid of bindweedAlthough treasured by children for the pop of those white trumpet flowers, bindweeds are no friend to gardeners, says Ian Morton. He takes a look at the history of this plant — and explains how to get rid of bindweed forever.
-
Alan Titchmarsh: 2021 was the slowest-starting Spring of my life — but my garden has given me more pleasure than ever beforeFrost, deluges, heatwaves... the weather this year has been nothing short of madness, but Alan Titchmarsh has come through the other side and is enjoying his garden like never before.
-
Fuchsia jam, rowan brandy liqueur and the curiosities you can make from an English country gardenCharles Quest-Ritson looks at some of the berries in the typical English garden which you might never even have thought of as edible.
