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! Lots to learn from my ...

When, at the age of 12, Inga Nikitiniene first saw a photograph of the pineapple orchid, Dendrobium densiflorum, her response was instinctive. “I knew immediately that I wanted to have this plant. I d

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

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

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