In last week's sunny weather, and this week's chill, the garden teams have been busy tidying the place ready for the cold season to come. The fine turf has been scarified, aerated and top dressed; the square columns of hornbeam have been carefully pruned back; oak leaves are raked up off the... Read more..

You have just a few days to enjoy the beautiful, yellow, fragrant Peruvian daffodil. It isn't common in cultivation, and this is the best I have ever seen this rarity flower, so I extend my congratulations to the team in Glass. Matt Pottage explains: "The Paramongaia is known as the Peruvian... Read more..

It's that time of year again. Time to start planning ahead for next year in the garden. Time to think about what edits to make, how to improve your patch, or give yourself the challenge of propagating something new, something we grow here in our own RHS Gardens. How? By applying for seed that our... Read more..

November is a quiet yet wonderful month at Wisley. Frosty, sunny weather makes the grasses, berries and seed heads sparkle. And the trees start to take on their statuesque silhoutted form of winter. There is still a fair amount of autumn colour about though, and a number of flowers, including camellias... Read more..

What an amazing amount of colour. This year's chrysanthemum display in the Glasshouse at Wisley is our best yet. (Click on the images to view larger versions). Paul Atkinson has been propagating these magnificent flowers for months. He started on the cascade chrysanthemums in February - they need... Read more..

Here we are November, with the autumn rain and wind driving in under our waterproofs, reminding us that summer has gone and nature is encouraging the plant kingdom to hunker down for the winter’s big sleep. This is my favourite time of year, would you believe it? On a good day: the light, the temperature... Read more..