Weekend Gardening Update: Just picture it

THE cover of the latest issue of Gardens Illustrated ( pounds 2.95) bears a magnificently surreal picture of topiary trees and a Shoreham beach chalet. Inside, Brian Mathew writes about alliums, Penny Hobhouse takes a trip round Longwood Gardens in Pennsylvania and Michael Leapman profiles the great plantsman, Christopher Lloyd. For Christmas present subscriptions ( pounds 15 for a year's supply of six issues), contact Gardens

Illustrated, Freepost (SW6096), Frome, Somerset BA11 1YA, or Freephone 0800 581409.