MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR OUTDOOR SPACE THIS MONTH WITH OUR GUIDE TO THE CHANGING SEASONS

Start exotic climbers off now to enjoy cascades of flowers and foliage for five months

Try our pick of the most beautiful plants you can buy now

Make sure enough natural food is available for birds during winter by growing berrying trees and shrubs, and leaving seedheads standing. Bird feeders and tables can spread disease, giving some birds a

Just between us, let’s be honest: for much of the year this is quite an uninteresting plant. It does not make much of an impact while our gardens erupt with life in spring. In the heat of summer, it s

Prepare for the season ahead by sowing annual climbers, potting up tubers and pruning buddleja, roses and other shrubs