Lots of plants excelled themselves this year, but the wild spindle tree and its garden relatives did even better than most. Spindle is one of the few trees that gets its name from one of its ...

For a few weeks now, the wild spindle tree has been colourfully decked with its bright red fruits. Probably due to good weather during flowering in spring, there is a good crop of red fruits this year ...

But don’t worry if you were intending to get a few in but never got around to it. Our climate is getting milder and you should be all right up until Christmas at least. The thinking behind planting ...

It’s principal glory is those extraordinary four-chambered orange/pink fruits in autumn when, on a sunny day, the tree looks as if it has been decorated with fairy lights. Historically, though, its ...

Here comes the colour! As the weather turns chilly, our gardens brighten, with the leaves of deciduous trees turning through red, orange and yellow. Caught in early morning sunshine, or the golden ...

Autumn colour should be an essential part of any garden. But we usually have to wait until late October before those fiery reds, oranges and yellows begin to appear and liven up the scene. The ...

On Saturday the BBC open Centre in Hull was transformed into an autumn paradise… Browns, Greens and Oranges dominated the centre with real life trees populating the Open Space – Crab Apple Trees, Mini ...