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

REAL readers' gardens! Putting the garden to bed ...

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…

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

Right now, I’m pruning the roses. I hate them looking so straggly and forlorn, and he-who-has-opinions can’t bear their wayward stems trying to snag him as he makes his way to the shed. I feel the ros

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