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

Long dismissed as garden relics, these easy-care classics are now the go-to for effortless colour and pollinator appeal

THIS WEEK AT GLEBE COTTAGE

In winter, when the art school here at Benton End closed for the year and the garden fell quiet, Cedric Morris would head to warmer climes to escape the chill of his 16th-century house, but also to pa

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