Plant your bulbs now for a lovely bright start to spring

Too many years ago, I spent a very happy few days with friends in the Peloponnese. It was early November; rain had fallen and the landscape was lushly green with reviving grass and germinating annuals

Liz Zorab explains how to get set for spring by filling pots and troughs with the promise of colour to come

These beauties keep the party going from late spring when daffodils and tulips have faded away

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…

November may bring frost but it’s the perfect month to plant and prune fruit trees, for a taste of summer that money can’t buy