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What to plant for A touch of frost

Wet, mild winters are now the norm, but with ‘frosty’ glaucous foliage and snowy white flowers you can still look out onto a winter wonderland, says Anne Swithinbank

Ensure success with gardenia

Anne Swithinbank’s masterclass on: success with gardenia

Create festive cheer with Christmas containers

Here’s how you can plant up colourful festive pots to brighten the garden or give away as special yuletide presents to family and friends as Hazel Sillver explains

Reusing Your Festive Rubbish

Packaging and decorations have garden uses, says Ruth

Whatever your soil, plant Winter heathers

Dainty flowers and contrasting evergreen foliage – choose Erica for a double whammy of winter interest from plants that are not picky about the pH, says Graham Rice

Stocking up and taking stock

Ruth refreshes supplies for ’21 and makes her resolutions

From cake to compost...

After all the festive noshing, we should all be burning off the calories with some good old gardening, says Toby

Cast a spell with Witch hazel

Enchanting flowers, potent perfume and great autumn leaf colour, all in one easy-togrow package – it’s well worth making room for a Hamamelis, says Graham Rice

Acid Queen Or Alkaline Angel? Plants For Every pH

Identifying where your garden soil sits on the pH scale is ground zero when it comes to choosing and growing plants that are happy and healthy, says Hazel Sillver

Fruitful endeavours

One fruit tree can support several cultivars, says Peter

Making the cut

It’s time for the pre-Christmas prune, says Toby, as he looks at why some trees ‘bleed’ when they’re cut

Times, they are a-changing

Val looks at the vital importance of caring for our planet

Monty ruffles some feathers

Celebrity is blasted as ‘ignorant’ by the garden industry

Add colour, structure and scent with Midwinter stars

The weather may not be inviting but your garden can still give you a warm glow if you furnish it with plants that perform during the colder months, says Anne Swithinbank

It's time you discovered Correas

They come from Down Under, but in the right conditions Australian fuchsias are perfectly happy growing here. And they offer months of winter colour, says Martyn Cox

The steeply sloping garden

A sloping site in a Cheshire market town has truly met its match in determined gardeners David and Melita Turner, who took on the challange, says Sue Bradley

Battling the elements

Ruth looks at ways of dealing with the worst of weather

Dahlias: lift or leave?

Anne Swithinbank masterclass on: dahlia dilemma

For Great Returns, Grow Repeat Flowerers

Why settle for a single flush of flowers when you can have more? These budget-friendly buys offer optimum bloom for your buck, says Tamsin Hope Thomson

Bring The Outdoors In With Everlasting Flowers

Want indoor arrangements that look great and last for ages? The answer is cut and dried. Louise Curley reveals the blooms and seedheads to choose

Bring cheer to the street

Why not make an arrangement for passers-by, says Peter

Last chance for spring colour

Ruth plants the last of this year’s bedding and bulbs

What to plant for Bark and stem

The flaming oranges and reds of cornus; the tactile papery white trunk of Acer griseum… Winter brings unexpected benefits, says Anne Swithinbank

Grafting for apples

Toby tackles a tempting top-grafting project, which involves perching precariously over a busy A-road…

Look ahead to spring with Chaenomeles

Great for wildlife and with long-lasting early blossom – plus a crop of tasty, nutritious fruit – flowering quince is a shrub with plenty to offer, says Louise Curley

Amazing new plants for 2021

Vigour and repeat flowering are key benefits, says Peter

A place in the sun

Val takes advantage of the winter sunshine in her garden

More Blooms, Less Gloom With Winter-Flowering Clematis

We associate them with spring and summer but clematis can add scent and sparkle to the cold months – just when we need it most, says Louise Curley

Shrub roses

In the last part of his series, Arthur Hellyer, MBE, VMH, finalises his choice of the finest shrub rose varieties

My wildflower patch

FOR 15 years we kept a patch of garden to grow potatoes. Sadly, in 2010, my potato eater died.