Grow sweet-smelling sarcococca

There’s something very special about colchicums, which are also known as autumn crocus. Their dainty pink or white flowers emerge as if by magic, long before the leaves appear. Like elegant young débu

Val Bourne celebrates a sturdy flower that twinkles in the autumn sun, proving that the season’s finale can be just as vibrant as its peak

Lift your spirits and your landscape with easy pops of colour in any border

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

My first visit to Benton End was in September. That year, the summer had been relentlessly dry, yet out of the parched dusty ground peeked large clumps of Colchicum speciosum, both white and tessellat