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Look after your containers
Keeping plants healthy need not cost the earth, said Ruth
Top Ten Berberis
With colourful foliage and prolific flowers, there's a berberis that will suit almost any garden situation
The great escape
They've been running rings around him for years, but Toby's bunny chums have now moved on to pastures new
Helping a hoya
Masterclass on: caring for wax flowers
Green manures
Steve and Val Bradley outline the benefits and challenges of using green manures
Create a butterfly garden
Nurturing these delicate winged insects will benefit the environment as well as bringing the garden to life
The town dweller's guide to Cottage gardens
A cottage garden without the cottage? Why not, says Martyn Cox, especially as many of the plants and techniques will work just as well in an urban setting
Understanding peat-free
What is peat-free compost and how should we use it? Victoria Wright, of Melcourt Industries, looks at the introduction of peat-free compost and its various components
Lungs of the earth
Trees help sustain so much life on our planet
Mite fever...
Bob explains how you can protect your greenhouse crops in hot weather if they fall prey to red spider mites
How to pot up seedlings
Knowing when they are ready is important
It's a busy bank holiday
IT is the final bank holiday until August and our gardens are in their growing prime, so let’s get out there and make the most of it!
Be inspired and Plant a winner!
Chelsea’s Plant of the Year competition recognises reliability as well as innovation, and provides some of the best options for our gardens
Ups and downs
Erratic weather has its good and bad points
Botanical bumbershoots
For a natural high, every garden should feature living parasols, says Toby, as he praises the humble umbel
Everlasting Dahlias
Graham Rice reveals his selection of pompon dahlias, plus small and miniature ball and cactus dahlias, that easily fit in with other flowers and are particularly long flowering
Managing molluscs
This is an exciting time for crops, and for rampaging slugs and snails. Bob shows you how to keep things in check
Bringing you the sunshine
Colourful sunflowers provide cheery height
Planting out seedlings
They’re hardened off, ready to go and grow
Cut back for more flowers
The Chelsea chop will help some perennials
How to deal with diseases
Nip them in the bud before they spread
It's all go in the greenhouse
Undercover growing is going at full tilt now
Back to nature
Val Garden organically and let nature help you
You are wise to sow Clary
A member of the sage clan with many benefits
'Tis the season for containers
Celebrate baskets of colour and patio pots
High and mighty
Selecting climbers for your garden might feel like a tall order sometimes, but it’s well within your reach
Ask ANNE SWITHINBANK
Masterclass on: repotting container shrubs
Plant mutations
Steve and Val Bradley explain how many of the varieties we regard as ‘normal’, particularly variegated plants, actually started as a mutation or sport
Hardy annuals, biennials and veg
Alan Toogood explains how to raise hardy annuals from seed sown in spring or autumn, hardy biennials that take two years to grow to mature, and easily grown vegetables
Ask JOHN NEGUS
John will reply personally to all your gardening questions