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Stars of the show

McBean's Cymbidium lowianum Magnificum, which featured at the 1913 show ©Charlie Bibby

A choice listing of top exhibitors at Chelsea this year

Illustration by Lindsey Spinks depicting the Chelsea Flower Show ©Lindsey Spinks From HOUSE & HOME May 17, 2013

100 and still growing

In 1963 there was not a gnome in sight when the Chelsea Flower Show inspired this young gardener of the future

Rhododendrons and azaleas at the Isabella Plantation in Richmond Park ©Alamy From HOUSE & HOME May 10, 2013

Rhodos rule

No big shrub can compare with our ultimate immigrants, which started to enter woods in the 1830s and have proliferated since

Hepatica nobilis ©GAP Gardens From HOUSE & HOME May 3, 2013

Robin Lane Fox: Wild ideas lost in the grass

A new perspective of wave planting which uses big masses of perennial plants fails to convince

The garden by Ian Kitson at Follers Manor in Sussex ©MMGI/Marianne Majerus From HOUSE & HOME Apr 26, 2013

Robin Lane Fox: Open all flowers

When is the proper time to show private gardens?

Pink Elephant From HOUSE & HOME Apr 19, 2013

Robin Lane Fox: A show of your own

It has been a vile winter but inspired experiments and new initiatives will help prepare for a memorable spring

Fresco from the south wall of a room showing garden scenes in the House of the Golden Bracelet, Pompeii ©Soprintendenza Speciale per i Beni Archeologi From HOUSE & HOME Apr 12, 2013

Robin Lane Fox: Pompeii’s wallflowers

Paintings at a new exhibition feature clues to ancient plant life

Magnolia campbellii in bloom ©GAP Gardens From HOUSE & HOME Apr 5, 2013

Return of the magnolia

It’s the perfect time for the flowering shrub, with neither disease on the horizon nor problems lurking in the past

Supertrees at the Supertrees Grove in Gardens by the Bay, illuminated at dusk ©Gardens by the Bay From HOUSE & HOME Mar 29, 2013

Worth the gamble

The blend of gardens and gambling is attracting Singapore’s financial community to what was once a toxic site

Iris reticulata Harmony ©Andrew Lawson/Garden Collection From HOUSE & HOME Mar 22, 2013

Beds, boxes and honeysuckle balls

The unusual British weather has prompted updates in plans for the season

From HOUSE & HOME Mar 15, 2013

Rose to the occasion

Peter Beales’ life and business were devoted to historic roses wherever they could still be discovered and grown

From HOUSE & HOME Mar 8, 2013

Prospect Villa in Tasmania

On the rebound from native Australian gardening, the FT columnist tracks a loyalist to English style

From HOUSE & HOME Mar 1, 2013

Rubbish planting

Use buckets and metal dustbins to grow summer fruit favourites such as raspberries, strawberries and gooseberries

From HOUSE & HOME Feb 22, 2013

My emigration debate

Could I combine my geriatric gardening with a primetime Tasmanian broadcast in exile?

From HOUSE & HOME Feb 15, 2013

The Kew of the east

Singapore’s Botanic Gardens is certainly one to visit, not just because it has an orchid called Margaret Thatcher

From HOUSE & HOME Feb 8, 2013

Nature’s valentines

Young artists and poets are now linking messages, love and nature in ways which romantic gardeners need to exploit

From HOUSE & HOME Feb 1, 2013

Ready, steady, sow

It’s time to plan for summer and order seeds

From HOUSE & HOME Jan 25, 2013

Tour talk

A list of the best garden tour holidays for enthusiasts in 2013

From HOUSE & HOME Jan 18, 2013

Mound of the muses

A historic hillock in Oxford reveals its secrets

From HOUSE & HOME Jan 11, 2013

Weather the weather

Last year taught us that flexibility is essential

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Robin Lane Fox Robin Lane Fox writes a gardening column for the FT Weekend supplement.

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