If you want to maintain a healthy crop of autumn berries, though, it’s best to stick to a lighter touch if you can. Just make sure that you prune your deciduous berberis no later than February. So, it ...

These are fast-growing, and hawthorn and berberis also bear sharp thorns making them ideal for yard security too. Low-growing hedges Topiary hedges are a popular way of breaking up a yard, creating an ...

What’s not to like in a hedge? They offer myriad advantages over solid alternatives such as walls and fences. For example, they soak up pollution and rainfall, act as barriers against noise and ...

RHS Hyde Hall’s dry clay soil shows us what the gardens of the future could look like — to varying effect ...