Let these climbers put on a show during the darker months.
ANYONE interested in collecting a group of plants guaranteed to provide interest all year round couldn’t go far wrong with a selection of clematis.
Most gardeners are familiar with spring-flowering kinds like pretty Clematis alpina and rampaging C. montata whose sheets of blooms will cover walls, sheds and pergolas.
Cultivars with large summer flowers are highly prized and followed by the vigorous and reliable Jackmanii and viticella varieties. Late summer also brings the nodding flowers of ‘lemon peel’ clematis, whose fuzzy seedheads persist well into autumn.
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Save your own seeds
Masterclass on: seed saving
Strange sightings
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A bolt from the blue!
Cornflowers are perfect for garden and vase
Winter moth prevention
Ruth shows you how to avoid maggoty tree fruits
Create a winter container
There are as many options as in summer
Lightweight gardening tools
AS well as being good for our mental health, gardening is also great exercise.
Autumn price round-up
AG finds better bargains in lesser-known brands
Rudbeckias
Rudbeckias are ideal for sunny summer patios and borders, with some able to survive our coldest winters
