How to grow poppies

With drier springs becoming the norm, autumn is now the prime season for action in the garden

Alexandra Campbell provides a comprehensive growing guide to these easy, colourful and wildlife-friendly wonders

It’s time to begin the garden tidy up, but don’t leave borders bare and featureless. There’s opportunities to plant bulbs in pots, borders and lawns, sow sweet peas and take evergreen cuttings

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Broad beans: Start these seeds now and in a few months time you will be able to enjoy an early harvest. Cauliflowers: Sow early summer types now and place under a cold frame to offer them some protect

Liz Zorab shares her favourite daisy-shaped flowers for late colour