The days might be cold and grey but your outside space can still bring you joy – there are sturdy, vigorous plants that will fill it with beauty and heart-lifting colour…

Liz Zorab lists her favourites for early winter interest and scent

Looking to bring the full panoply of autumn colour into your garden? Try a deciduous shrub, says Joe Swift

Mike Palmer shares his suggestions for creating sharp shapes and year-round structure in the garden

York Gate, a one-acre garden near Leeds, was donated by the Spencer family in 1994 to Perennial, the charity that helps people working in horticulture and their families. While the garden was develope

Long overlooked and unfairly maligned, these tough, colourful and low-maintenance plants deliver year-round structure and style