Trees

Producing spectacular leaf colour in autumn and sometimes spring, with beautiful structure and bark, acers make great garden trees. Hazel Sillver looks at the best forms and how to grow them

Colourful and contorted stems brighten the garden in the depths of winter and provide beautiful decoration for the house. Hazel Sillver looks at some of the most striking stems to grow

The fluffy blossom of cherry trees lights up the garden in springtime. Hazel Sillver looks at some of the best varieties to choose for the garden and how to grow them

Elegant and regal, magnolia is the queen of trees and one of the oldest flowers on the planet. Hazel Sillver looks at its history, as well as how to choose and grow the best type for your garden

Adorned with plumes of fragrant flowers in May, lilacs are harbingers of summer. Hazel Sillver looks at their history, as well as which to grow and how to encourage them to thrive

The art of bonsai can be an excellent balm against stress, explains Mark Akins in Be More Bonsai – after all, what’s more calming than a tiny slice of nature you can take with you wherever you go?

The Queen’s Green Canopy initiative will see thousands of trees planted cross the UK to mark the Jubilee. Here’s how, what, where and when you should get involved

In an extract from his new book ‘Great Trees of Britain and Ireland’, Kew expert Tony Hall explains the history and significance of the ancient forests and woodlands still left to us

In his new book The Grove: A Nature Odyssey in 19 ½ Front Gardens, gardener and writer Ben Dark talks through some of Britain's best-loved plants in a tour of the front gardens along one London street. In this edited extract he reflects on the history of the magnolia tree.

Structure is key to a successfully planned winter garden, and you can use hedges and topiary, as well as trees, to divide and define the different spaces with one

As spring arrives and the blossom trees bloom, Kew Gardens horticulturist Charlie Harpur talks us through his favourite varieties and how to get the best show in your own garden.

In the second part of her series, Clare Foster explains the different methods of training fruit trees and suggests where to buy them.

In the first of a new series, our garden editor Clare Foster introduces the wonderful wealth of arboreal possibilities and advises on choosing the right tree for your garden.

House & Garden garden editor Clare Foster considers different ways of pruning to create ornamental shapes, and the best shrubs and trees for this treatment