Vibrant fruits and berries are now starting to keep our gardens bursting with colour – but many come with myths and secrets!

The flowers that grace the garden in autumn and winter tend to be modest, demure little things. Although the glamorous, fragrant blooms of Camellia sasanqua are not short on delicacy, low-key they are

Why did only two sunflowers germinate? Do I leave figs on my tree? Read on…

If you want to plant a light woodland–perhaps underplanted with wild primroses and bluebells–or are looking for a luminous specimen tree for the garden, consider a birch, advises Charles Quest-Ritson

Rosie Irving explains why this easy-to-grow shrub offers beauty, berries and biodiversity all in one

The latest from Carol's beautiful cottage garden... plus her diary for the week!