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

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

These fab plants deserve to be in every garden

PRUNUS SERRULA It makes a striking focal point ...

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

Brighten the dark days — and lift your spirits — with the blazing colours of dogwoods, bamboos and brambles