October we love

Enter this month’s crossword for a chance to win one of 12 begonia ‘Apricot Shades Improved’ worth £14.99 each. Entry form overleaf

I like unusual words and there are a couple that seem appropriate for this time of year. March, we know, is a fickle beast, where the weather can flicker from T-shirt to thermals in the course of a da

REAL readers' gardens!

I absolutely adore smaller gladioli like Gladiolus communis subsp. byzantinus. It can naturalise, which is a really positive thing for the garden. For anyone who’s terrified of having pink in their ga

John Massey’s Ashwood Nurseries has been breeding superb hellebores for the past 35 years, and they are acknowledged to be the best in the world. It all began because John was looking for winter work

The new Geum Dessert Series, exclusively grown and developed for Farmer Gracy, sounds good enough to eat. It includes ‘Victoria Sponge’, ‘Battenberg Cake’, ‘Jam Roly-Poly’ and ‘Cherry Bakewell’, in a