Don’t wait for April for the blossom to cheer you up: plant a Fuji cherry now and be delighted by its dainty blooms.

These might not be the easiest presents to wrap, but F&F’s Christmas plant list sure beats a miserable-looking poinsettia.

Fancy a bit of winter glam in your garden? It’s time to start scrubbing up your silver birches.

Winter’s here, so it’s time to accessorise your garden with fabulous sparkling sorbus berries.

Ready to fall in love with an autumn plant made of the fantastic? Meet the Spindleberry.

Photographer Lotus Johnson shares some of her most beautiful shots of autumn foliage catching fire.

Fancy some sea buckthorn jelly? In fact, have you even heard of sea buckthorn? If you haven’t, you’re missing out on a beautiful shrub with gorgeous foliage and a spectacular autumn display of berries. Find out how to grow it here.

Black mulberries are a fabulous fruit shrouded in folklore and romance. Here’s F&F’s guide to growing Morus nigra, as well as some stunning recipe ideas.

You’d struggle to find a more magnificent plant than Magnolia grandiflora. This oh-so-fabulous tree is utterly beautiful all year round, with enormous waxy deep green evergreen leaves, and tremendous white waxy flowers the size of a dinner plate. Think of the normal magnolias you see on every street in the spring and supersize them. A-list [...]

Sarah, who writes the Fresh Gardener posts, is away on honeymoon at the moment, so I decided to embarrass her a little by showing some shots of her stylish wedding. ——————————————————————————————————————————- Fennel & Fern readers can get 10% off on flower, vegetable and fruit seeds and plants at Victoriana Nurseries. Just click here to claim an automatic [...]

Image by Tim Waters The blossom is dead and blown away, so long live the Judas tree! It boasts highlighter-pink flowers, pretty foliage, and fabulous seed pods. I’m struggling to think of a more lovable plant. In fact, the Judas tree (Cercis siliquastrum) is so lovable that when you first clap eyes on it, you’ll [...]

Image by Tim Waters Paulownia is a useful plant: not least because it is so very unusual. Any tree which bears such enormous flowers is an instant winner in my book, but Paulownia tomentosa is a champion of a tree as its leaves are marvellously huge. They’re the size of a child’s imagination, and the [...]