Trees
Gardens
All about maple trees and how to grow them
Producing spectacular leaf colour in autumn and sometimes spring, with beautiful structure and bark, acers make great garden trees. Hazel Sillver looks at the best forms and how to grow them
By Hazel Sillver
Gardens
The best trees and shrubs to grow for decorative winter stems
Colourful and contorted stems brighten the garden in the depths of winter and provide beautiful decoration for the house. Hazel Sillver looks at some of the most striking stems to grow
By Hazel Sillver
Gardens
How to grow cherry trees (and the best varieties to choose)
The fluffy blossom of cherry trees lights up the garden in springtime. Hazel Sillver looks at some of the best varieties to choose for the garden and how to grow them
By Hazel Sillver
Gardens
An in-depth guide to magnolias and how to plant them for beautiful blooms
Elegant and regal, magnolia is the queen of trees and one of the oldest flowers on the planet. Hazel Sillver looks at its history, as well as how to choose and grow the best type for your garden
By Hazel Sillver
Gardens
All about lilacs and how to grow them
Adorned with plumes of fragrant flowers in May, lilacs are harbingers of summer. Hazel Sillver looks at their history, as well as which to grow and how to encourage them to thrive
By Hazel Sillver
Planting Advice
The trees and shrubs to plant for autumn colour
As autumn gets underway and the leaves start to change, we've found the most beautiful trees and shrubs to bring striking colour to your garden, even if you don't have much space
By Clare Foster
Gardens
The mental health benefits of bonsai, and why you should take up the art
The art of bonsai can be an excellent balm against stress, explains Mark Akins in Be More Bonsai – after all, what’s more calming than a tiny slice of nature you can take with you wherever you go?
By Mark Akins
Gardens
The Queen wants you to plant a tree for the Jubilee – but what species, where and when?
The Queen’s Green Canopy initiative will see thousands of trees planted cross the UK to mark the Jubilee. Here’s how, what, where and when you should get involved
By Fiona McKenzie Johnston
Gardens
The importance of Britain's ancient woodlands
In an extract from his new book ‘Great Trees of Britain and Ireland’, Kew expert Tony Hall explains the history and significance of the ancient forests and woodlands still left to us
Gardens
Ben Dark on the beauty of the magnolia tree
In his new book The Grove: A Nature Odyssey in 19 ½ Front Gardens, gardener and writer Ben Dark talks through some of Britain's best-loved plants in a tour of the front gardens along one London street. In this edited extract he reflects on the history of the magnolia tree.
Winter gardens
How to use topiary, hedges and trees to structure a winter garden
Structure is key to a successfully planned winter garden, and you can use hedges and topiary, as well as trees, to divide and define the different spaces with one
By Clare Foster
Planting Advice
The best trees for blossom in spring
As spring arrives and the blossom trees bloom, Kew Gardens horticulturist Charlie Harpur talks us through his favourite varieties and how to get the best show in your own garden.
By Charlie Harpur
Trees
How to choose, grow and train a fruit tree
In the second part of her series, Clare Foster explains the different methods of training fruit trees and suggests where to buy them.
By Clare Foster
Planting Advice
How to choose trees for your garden
In the first of a new series, our garden editor Clare Foster introduces the wonderful wealth of arboreal possibilities and advises on choosing the right tree for your garden.
Planting Advice
The best trees to create topiary and ornamental shapes
House & Garden garden editor Clare Foster considers different ways of pruning to create ornamental shapes, and the best shrubs and trees for this treatment
By Clare Foster