Autumn shimmer

IT’S midsummer, and this is usually the season when gardens are supposed to look their best – brimming with colour, buzzing with life, weed-free and calm, relaxing places for lounging with friends or

Finella Davenport A suburban garden in Cheshire ...

THIS WEEK AT GLEBE COTTAGE

Accessible gardens around a Cornish retirement village marry a rich horticultural past with modern living

Coughton Court, Coughton, Warwickshire The home of Mr and Mrs Magnus Birch Throckmorton

A late-flowering allium, as good in expectant bud as it is in bloom. Long scapes, stained purple, twist and turn as they ascend to flower. Mauve-purple droplets hover at about 30cm, making a fine comp