Grow perennials

Find out how to grow fast-growing perennials from seed, in our practical guide.

Watch Monty Don's guide to planting spring-flowering perennials like erythronium and hacquetia under trees and shrubs.

All you need to know about growing and caring fo clivia, in our Grow Guide.

All you need to know about cultivating beautiful bergenias (elephant's ears), in our Grow Guide.

Find out all you need to know about growing gunnera, in this detailed Grow Guide.

When all else is fading, pennisetums reach their peak – we pick five of the best.

All you need to know about growing Stipa tenuissima (Nassella tenuissima) in our Grow Guide.

All you need to know about growing phormium, or New Zealand flax, in our Grow Guide.

All you need to know about growing creeping Jenny, in our Grow Guide.

All you need to know about growing lady's bedstraw (Galium verum), in this Grow Guide.

All you need to know about growing Senecio candidans Angel Wings, in our Grow Guide.

Find out more about the large and diverse botanical family Euphorbiaceae.

All you need to know about growing monkshood (Aconitum), in our Grow Guide.

Advice on growing and caring for caladiums, in our Grow Guide.

Advice on growing your own peanuts, in our Grow Guide.

Bring some spring colour in shade to your garden by growing trilliums – Monty Don shows you how.

Advice on growing polemonium, Jacob's ladder, in our Grow Guide.

Advice on growing and caring for tender ixia flowers, in our Grow Guide.

All you need to know about growing calendula, in our Grow Guide.

All you need to know about growing sweet woodruff, a popular ground-cover plant, in our Grow Guide.

Thinking of replacing your grass lawn with creeping thyme? Find out how and why to do so, in our guide.

How to plant, grow and care for lamb's ear, Stachys byzantina

Aquilegias are a stalwart of the cottage garden. We've picked our favourites to grow.