Hit-the-right-note echinaceas

Colourful coneflowers provide a rousing finale to the summer season and their prominent shapes add drama to autumn plantings, says Sue Fisher

It may be September but there’s plenty of life in the garden yet!

It’s here again: that most exciting time of year, when gardeners grapple with their willpower and try not to get too carried away as they place their spring bulb order. There are so many reasons why p

There’s something very special about colchicums, which are also known as autumn crocus. Their dainty pink or white flowers emerge as if by magic, long before the leaves appear. Like elegant young débu

IF your garden is anything like mine, most of the borders and pots have peaked by this time, shifting from full-on florals to fading foliage. There are a few late-to-the-party dahlias, the cosmos are

Just when the garden’s winding down, they’re in FULL SWING – bold, bright, and worth the wait!