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Just desserts

Look after your rhubarb and you'll be rewarded with lots of luscious stalks for plenty of summer puds, says Toby

Care of wild and tamed lawns

Ruth looks at our swards at the end of No Mow May

Focus on... Sweetcorn

If you get the spacings and the timings right, you too can be enjoying delicious sweetcorn harvests. Lucy Chamberlain explains how to find your sweet spot

How to get months of colour

Ruth's top tips for prolonging that sense of summer

Heaps of Colour

Hydrangeas offer great structure, huge blooms and late-season colour in semi-shade. Hazel Sillver explains how to grow them and looks at 16 of the best types

Feeding time

Val looks at plants that provide food for caterpillars

A tale of two tomatoes

Ruth shows how to resurrect leggy seedlings

Quick-growing annuals to sow now

There is still time in late spring to sow quick-growing hardy and half-hardy annuals straight to the soil, says Anne Swithinbank, as she describes the best ones to grow

Keeping it sweet

Bob explains why now is the best time to sow sweetcorn

Create a wildlife patch

Give a little space to nature’s heroes, says Ruth

Autumn daisies

Sneezeweeds are tough perennials, and now is the time to plant them to attract wildlife and fill borders with warm, fiery colour in late summer and autumn, says Hazel Sillver

Say hello to hostas

After disappointments, Ruth gives hostas another chance

Bring me sunshine!

Sow the taste of citrus with cosmos ‘Polidor’, says Ruth

Growing citrus plants

Whether you grow luscious lemons or ornate oranges, Steve and Val Bradley explain how to keep your potted citrus plants in tip-top condition throughout the year

Sparring partners

Val looks at the pros and cons of gardening partnerships

Start thinking about cuttings

Propagation is so easy and satisfying, says Ruth

This week... lilacs

With their beautiful scented flowers, lilacs are an easy-to-grow garden classic

Luscious lilies

Beautiful and hardy, lilies are flowers of mystery and legend. Camilla Phelps explains how you're spoilt for choice when it comes to finding the right lily for your garden

AG's peat-free compost test: Part 3

Overall growth is more even and plants are bushing out after a patchy start

It's a kind of magic

Bob reveals a few plant ‘tricks' to impress children

Focus on... Summer lettuce

Lettuces are the foundation of summer salads — and, with careful sowing, spring, autumn and winter salads, too! Lucy explains how to boost your salad self-sufficiency

The garden's dark star

'Velvet Queen' is a statuesque beauty

Dragon tree dilemma

Anne Swithinbank's masterclass on: Pruning Pruning a dracaena

Dropping peat is not the answer

Use peat until a good alternative is found, says Bunny Guinness

Magnolias for every garden

Christopher Lloyd explains why every garden should have a magnolia

On the decline

Val is shocked to discover that gipsy rose is on the red list

Towers of colour

Sow or plant mulleins in spring for glorious spires of summer flowers that add vertical accents to the border and provide nectar for bees

This week... lupins

If you want height and colour in your garden, grow lupins

What to do with sweet peas

Sow more and care for seedlings

A pot for every season

Refresh and plant anew to fill the 'colour gap.