Dig into the joy of a life outdoors
Find peace and purpose by reconnecting with nature, creativity and the joy of making things in your own patch of paradise.
Discover extraordinary, unusual, and beautiful plants from around the world — each with growing and care tips to help you cultivate these weird and wonderful species in your own space.
Cucumber ‘Marketmore’
Cucumber ‘Marketmore’
A reliable, heavy-cropping outdoor cucumber with straight, dark green fruits and excellent disease resistance, perfect for…
- Full sun
- 1.5–2 m (5–7 ft)
- H1b · Zone 10
Tomato ‘Sungold’
Tomato Subgold
A hugely popular cherry tomato with golden-orange fruits bursting with sweet, tangy flavour, perfect for growing…
- Full sun
- 1.5–2 m (5–7 ft)
- H1c · Zone 10
Trachycarpus fortunei
Chusan palm
The hardiest widely grown palm, with a hairy brown trunk topped by a crown of large,…
- Full sun, Partial shade
- 6–12 m (20–39 ft)
- H5 · Zone 7
Farfugium japonicum var. giganteum
Giant leopard plant
An evergreen perennial with enormous, glossy, kidney-shaped leaves and yellow daisies in autumn and winter.
- Full shade, Partial shade
- 0.6–1 m (2–3 ft)
- H3 · Zone 9
Adiantum aleuticum ‘Japonicum’
Pink-flushed maidenhair fern
A delicate, hardy maidenhair fern whose fans of fronds unfurl rosy pink-bronze in spring before turning…
- Full shade, Partial shade
- 30–45 cm (12–18 in)
- H5 · Zone 7
Abutilon Red Tiger (‘Atn Rt5’)
Red Tiger flowering maple
A free-flowering shrub with nodding yellow bell flowers boldly veined in deep red, from spring to…
- Full sun, Partial shade
- 1.5–2.5 m (5–8 ft)
- H3 · Zone 9
