Autumn’s glory

Warm up chilly days with some sizzling blooms

What’s the point of witch hazels with no scent? Well, there’s the bright spidery flowers and autumn leaf colour of course, but fragrance takes them to a whole new level. Here’s the thing though: some

Emily Chandler, National Trust head gardener at Dunham Massey in Cheshire, on gardening in the cold and the best flowers for winter scent

The winners have been announced of the first ever Wildflower Photographer of the Year competition, with the chosen photos and a selection of impressive entries now on display at the Eden Project in Co

At a time when much of the garden sleeps, winter flowers are all the more precious for their scarcity; an irrepressible bunch, undaunted by wind, frost or even a blanket of snow. Many are small, yet t

Toby explains how creating cold-weather beauty went from unusual to must-do