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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.