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Celebrate Valentine's Day With Bleeding Hearts
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Celebrate Valentine's Day With Bleeding Hearts

Dicentra and Lamprocapnos light up dappled shady areas with their heart-shaped flowers in pink, white and romantic red. Little wonder Val Bourne loves them

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February 10,2018
Make A Start With Chilli Peppers
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Make A Start With Chilli Peppers

Whether you’re a chilli addict or prefer the milder taste of sweet peppers, there’s a capsicum variety to suit all needs – and now is the time to get sowing, says Kris Collins

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February 4,2017
Choose Your Favourite Snowdrops
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Choose Your Favourite Snowdrops

Dispel the winter gloom with beautiful snowdrops, says Hazel Sillver. Now’s the time to order them ‘in the green’.

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February 4,2017
Create Some Instant Winter Colour
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Create Some Instant Winter Colour

If the garden is looking bare and bland, there are plenty of quick-fix ways to brighten the late winter scene, says Hazel Sillver

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February 4,2017
It Wouldn't Be Winter Without Clematis Cirrhosa
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It Wouldn't Be Winter Without Clematis Cirrhosa

Blessed with an abundance of pretty, often fragrant bell flowers, it’s amazing that theevergreen fern-leaved winter clematis isn’t more widely grown 

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January 28,2017
Keep Old Jack Frost At Bay
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Keep Old Jack Frost At Bay

There are smart ways to protect your crop says Toby

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November 11,2017
Lovely Liriope!
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Lovely Liriope!

For reliable, attractive ground cover, no gardener should be without this superb autumnal performer and great weed-smotherer, says Rob Keenan

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November 11,2017
What To Team With Tulips
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What To Team With Tulips

Want a new take on tulips? Bring these beautiful bulbs to life by combining them with complementary plants, says Hazel Sillver

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November 11,2017
How To Train And Tame Wisteria
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How To Train And Tame Wisteria

Don’t be wary of wisteria, by choosing the right varieties and pruning regularly you can enjoy this quintessential climber without fearing a takeover bid, says Graham Rice

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November 11,2017
A Palace Alive With Wildlife!
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A Palace Alive With Wildlife!

Some parts of London have more variety than we have in the counrtyside says Val.

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November 11,2017
Treacherous March Weather
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Treacherous March Weather

Don’t be fooled into believing spring is here, warns Peter

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March 24, 2018
Smarter Weeding
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Smarter Weeding

Different weeds need different approaches, says Bob

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March 24, 2018
Pots Of Colour At Easter
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Pots Of Colour At Easter

Add colour and drama to your container displays this Easter using bulbs, shrubs, alpines and annuals. Tamsin Westhorpe has some quick and easy ideas

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March 24, 2018
Hardy Annuals For Every Garden
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Hardy Annuals For Every Garden

Tough, floriferous and inexpensive, these garden heroes are the best way to bulk up borders and ring the changes each year, says Graham Rice

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March 24, 2018
Cover Your Tracks!
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Cover Your Tracks!

After leaving tyre tracks on the Earl of Devon’s lawn, Toby springs into action with a rapid repair

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March 31, 2018
The Conifer Garden
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The Conifer Garden

Steve and Jane Cleverdon’s richly textured garden in Somerset is a haven of conifers, says Sue Bradley

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March 31, 2018
Give Houseplants A Boost
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Give Houseplants A Boost

Before you show your weary houseplants the door, Tamsin Westhorpe offers advice that will give lacklustre indoor species a new lease of life

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March 31, 2018
Sorting Out A Cold Frame
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Sorting Out A Cold Frame

Don’t neglect hardy cuttings and seedlings, says Ruth

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March 31, 2018
Top Of The Trees
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Top Of The Trees

If you want to attract wildlife and cross-pollinate the apple trees in your garden, plant a crab apple, says Val

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March 31, 2018
Cool For Cats
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Cool For Cats

Love or hate them, cats can be good for a garden, says Bob

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March 31, 2018
Dear Father Christmas...
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Dear Father Christmas...

No novelty ornaments as presents, please, says Toby

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December 16,2017
Creating An Instant Garden
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Creating An Instant Garden

Tamsin Westhorpe has some on-the-spot ideas for anyone renting or simply wanting quick results.

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December 16,2017
More Bloom For Your Buck With Repeat-Flowering Plants
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More Bloom For Your Buck With Repeat-Flowering Plants

Why have a single flush of flowers when you can have two, three or even more? Tamsin Hope Thomson looks at plants that will work double duty in the garden next year.

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December 16,2017
Rhapsody In Blue
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Rhapsody In Blue

Blue is the colour if you want your plants to pull in the bees, says Val.

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December 16,2017
Heavenly Scent Christmas Evergreens
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Heavenly Scent Christmas Evergreens

Holly and ivy are long-time festive favourites, says Bob.

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December 16,2017
A Leaf Out Of Toby's Book
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A Leaf Out Of Toby's Book

There’s more to leaves than meets the eye says Toby

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November 25,2017
A Dynamic Situation
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A Dynamic Situation

We can all do our bit to care for our insect life says Val.

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November 25,2017
Best Winter Plants For Kitchen-Window Appeal
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Best Winter Plants For Kitchen-Window Appeal

In the depths of winter, when you can’t always get outside, you need shrubs whose flowers and foliage can be admired from afar, says Graham Rice.

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January 27,2018
Our Pick Of 2018's Best New Fruit Bushes
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Our Pick Of 2018's Best New Fruit Bushes

Love berries but short on space? Winter is ideal for planting soft fruit, and the latest new varieties were created with small gardens in mind, says Kris Collins

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January 27,2018
Ornamental Grasses
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Ornamental Grasses

With plenty of movement, colour, shape and texture, grasses really come into their own in autumn. But forget the big boys, there are varieties that are perfect for the most petite of plots.

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September 23,2017