Providing the backbone of the garden in summer and a stark beauty in winter, small-leaved evergreens are invaluable. Hazel ...

If you'd like to plant a hedge around your garden for privacy, and you’re looking for inspiration beyond the traditional yew or beech, what are your options? Shrubs and small trees can be the ...

Until budburst – when tree buds emerge from winter dormancy and new shoots become visible – there is still time to renovate ...

Hedges serve many purposes in the garden ... blossom through autumn colour and berries into the winter. Additional evergreens like yew, holly and common beech which holds onto its autumn leaves ...

Fungal diseases thrive with the wet winter conditions, and Phytophthora has already decimated some of the country's historic yew hedges. Gardeners will be able to grow fruit from warmer climes ...