In borders, they benefit from winter protection; spread a thick mulch of bark chippings over the ground in late autumn.

Lightly fork over the soil in late autumn to expose overwintering sawflies to predators and the elements.

In the Old Kingdom, beyond the Wall that lay thirty miles to the north, it was late autumn.

The branches of trees were alive with birds, and hung with the ripening fruits of late autumn.

Steely blue or green prickly leaves shape an architectural form that also looks good in decay into the late autumn.