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Look after your containers
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Look after your containers

Keeping plants healthy need not cost the earth, said Ruth

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3 mins  |
June 03, 2023
Top Ten Berberis
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Top Ten Berberis

With colourful foliage and prolific flowers, there's a berberis that will suit almost any garden situation

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4 mins  |
May 27, 2023
The great escape
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The great escape

They've been running rings around him for years, but Toby's bunny chums have now moved on to pastures new

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2 mins  |
May 27, 2023
Helping a hoya
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Helping a hoya

Masterclass on: caring for wax flowers

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1 min  |
May 27, 2023
Green manures
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Green manures

Steve and Val Bradley outline the benefits and challenges of using green manures

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4 mins  |
May 27, 2023
Create a butterfly garden
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Create a butterfly garden

Nurturing these delicate winged insects will benefit the environment as well as bringing the garden to life

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6 mins  |
May 27, 2023
The town dweller's guide to Cottage gardens
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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

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4 mins  |
May 27, 2023
Understanding peat-free
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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

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4 mins  |
May 27, 2023
Lungs of the earth
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Lungs of the earth

Trees help sustain so much life on our planet

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3 mins  |
May 27, 2023
Mite fever...
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Mite fever...

Bob explains how you can protect your greenhouse crops in hot weather if they fall prey to red spider mites

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2 mins  |
May 27, 2023
How to pot up seedlings
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How to pot up seedlings

Knowing when they are ready is important

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1 min  |
May 27, 2023
It's a busy bank holiday
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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!

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1 min  |
May 27, 2023
Be inspired and Plant a winner!
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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

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5 mins  |
May 20, 2023
Ups and downs
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Ups and downs

Erratic weather has its good and bad points

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3 mins  |
May 20, 2023
Botanical bumbershoots
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Botanical bumbershoots

For a natural high, every garden should feature living parasols, says Toby, as he praises the humble umbel

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2 mins  |
May 20, 2023
Everlasting Dahlias
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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

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5 mins  |
May 20, 2023
Managing molluscs
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Managing molluscs

This is an exciting time for crops, and for rampaging slugs and snails. Bob shows you how to keep things in check

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1 min  |
May 20, 2023
Bringing you the sunshine
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Bringing you the sunshine

Colourful sunflowers provide cheery height

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1 min  |
May 20, 2023
Planting out seedlings
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Planting out seedlings

They’re hardened off, ready to go and grow

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2 mins  |
May 20, 2023
Cut back for more flowers
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Cut back for more flowers

The Chelsea chop will help some perennials

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1 min  |
May 20, 2023
How to deal with diseases
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How to deal with diseases

Nip them in the bud before they spread

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1 min  |
May 20, 2023
It's all go in the greenhouse
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It's all go in the greenhouse

Undercover growing is going at full tilt now

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2 mins  |
May 20, 2023
Back to nature
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Back to nature

Val Garden organically and let nature help you

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3 mins  |
May 13, 2023
You are wise to sow Clary
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You are wise to sow Clary

A member of the sage clan with many benefits

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1 min  |
May 13, 2023
'Tis the season for containers
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'Tis the season for containers

Celebrate baskets of colour and patio pots

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2 mins  |
May 13, 2023
High and mighty
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High and mighty

Selecting climbers for your garden might feel like a tall order sometimes, but it’s well within your reach

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2 mins  |
May 13, 2023
Ask ANNE SWITHINBANK
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Ask ANNE SWITHINBANK

Masterclass on: repotting container shrubs

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2 mins  |
May 13, 2023
Plant mutations
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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

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3 mins  |
May 13, 2023
Hardy annuals, biennials and veg
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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

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7 mins  |
May 13, 2023
Ask JOHN NEGUS
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Ask JOHN NEGUS

John will reply personally to all your gardening questions

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8 mins  |
May 13, 2023