Welcome to you all, for our Autumn issue of Your Garden

We’re all guilty of asking someone their favourite plant. But how many plants can you truly love? Is it one, ten, a dozen or unlimited? I remember foolishly asking David C. Austin at his iconic Wolverhampton nursery, while standing in his beautiful rose garden, to name his favourite rose cultivar during a television shoot. It was an impetuous moment but, true to form, Mr A, as I came to know him over more than a decade on the display rose gardens at the Chelsea Flower Show, replied promptly, listing six favourites. No, I won’t list them here you can check the segment on 7+. I’ve asked the question far too often in the thousands of...