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It is New year;s day and the rain has let up at lsst and i can take my camera out in my garden to see the beautiful bare bones of the trees and anything else that thrills me in the winter.  so be prepared for some photographs as soon

Hi all, anyone got any suggestions of flowers that I can sow now-ish for flowering in the autumn / winter - other than the usual pansy and violas if you sow quick annuals now Lee they'll flower for autumn. otherwise not a lot flowers in winter

I've been staring at an empty terracotta planter all Summer, meaning to fill it, but have never got 'round to it.  Now it's mid-August, I'm wondering a) whether it's best to leave it empty over the Winter (as I have no space to bring it inside

, there are no articles about that other winter stalwart, the aconite, and I intend to rectify that right now.Eranthis hyemalis is the egg yolk-yellow flower we see clustered around trees in February. It is shorter than its chum the snowdrop but has wider, more

is full. Hurry up spring. My compost bin fills up every winter. It’s a lovely wooden beehive type that looks perfect in our tiny garden. It’s sited against the south-facing wall and gets really hot and steamy in summer. The frogs love it and it’s full

spinach over winter also. We have the Apollo variety and live in London When is best to sow to leave the crop so its matures and can be cooked over winter? Thank you Clairewww.ourownoutdoors.co.uk I don't grow Apollo - what I do grow is Spinach beet

I'm in two minds about clearing up summers perennials that are now fading from green to yellow/brown. Somebody once told me to simply leave it to provide winter protection for the plant, and the garden wildlife (both good and bad), but I have a

Anglia and have presumed they will not stand a chance outside over winter and have placed them on a windowsill. Is my presumption correct and what is the best way to try and keep these alive until next year when I hopefully will have plants i can plant

We’ve finished clearing out all the summer containers and started replanting them with winter bedding. I really love potting up plants, especially in late-autumn and winter when any dash of colour is welcome in the garden.A trip to our local market

Thank heavens for winter-flowering plants. These hardy specimens often have tiny, inconsequential blooms, but they more than make up for them with their powerful, sweet fragrance. I rarely notice the flowers of Sarcococca hookeriana, but I’m always