Looking to bring the full panoply of autumn colour into your garden? Try a deciduous shrub, says Joe Swift

The latest from Carol's beautiful cottage garden... plus her diary for the week!

Liz Zorab lists her favourites for early winter interest and scent

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…

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

Amy McCormack, senior gardener at the National Trust’s Anglesey Abbey, on planting for winter colour and scent and protecting perennials from frost