Plant your bulbs now for a lovely bright start to spring

Enter this month’s crossword for five chances to win 60 narcissus bulbs worth £20.99 from T&M. Entry form overleaf

Long dismissed as garden relics, these easy-care classics are now the go-to for effortless colour and pollinator appeal

Vincent van Gogh made sunflowers his personal motifs, but, when he looked to experiment with colour, a full florist’s roster of irises, roses, poppies, poured out of his brush, as Michael Prodger discovers

October brings the first of the frosts, bewitching mist, the turning of leaves and a host of otherworldly visitors, finds John Lewis-Stempel

Liz Zorab lists her favourites for early winter interest and scent