When you're planning, planting and managing a vegetable garden, it's useful to know how long a plant will be in the garden, ...

For example, if moist soil in the shade ... Make the most of the verticals in a garden by including the best climbing perennials. As well as adding a different layer of interest to the planting ...

for example, is a hardy perennial that produces electric-blue flower spikes that typically last from June right up until October. In one London garden that I maintained many years ago, several ...

Check out new varieties of annual and perennial plants, including the 'Cookies and Cream' hibiscus, Golden Feathers ...

Gardeners should keep an eye out for these new tropicals and shrubs, like mangaves, 'Gold Leopard' canna lilies and edible roses.