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Top Ten Pulmonarias

Pulmonarias are great ground-covering plants that provide beautiful flowers and foliage, says Graham Rice, as he lists his top ten favourites

Sweetcorn success

Do you want to grow the sweetest sweetcorn? Bob explains how to produce succulent cobs this summer

Layering - part 2

Alan Toogood continues with the techniques of layering, looking at how to propagate strawberries, carnations, house plants, heaths and heathers

The Top 20 best-value plants

Want a garden that looks a million dollars, but costs a lot less? Hazel Sillver reveals the 20 perennials, shrubs, climbers and trees that work hardest for your money

Mysterious trilliums

If you want an exotic woodland plant that's a great choice for shady spots and wild planting schemes, try planting trilliums

Houseplants need attention

It's time to get them ready for summer growth

Grafting tomatoes

Steve and Val Bradley explain how grafting can protect plants from soil-borne diseases

Focus on... Runner beans

If you want a reliable crop for small spaces, runners are prolific, tasty and make great floral displays. Here's how to make sure your beans are a runaway success

Fragrance your garden with Pots of perfume

Fill your patio containers with some sweet-smelling plants and you can really enjoy the scent of summer! Hazel Sillver sniffs out the best combinations

Taking basal cuttings

Q I want to fill gaps by planting large swathes of herbaceous perennials.

Look after garden wildlife

Refresh your pond and create a safe habitat,

Planting a spring container

Use hardy varieties that can withstand cold,

Sow some early sunshine

It is always a joy to start your sunflowers,

Top jobs for the Easter break

Ruth suggests the tasks worth doing this long weekend

Focus on... Asparagus

This gourmet crop is easier to grow than you might think - all you need is patience. Lucy explains how to cultivate plump and tender asparagus spears on your plot

GEMMA JEROME

The director of Building with Nature on the need to put nature at the heart of development, and why we may have to rethink our desire for our own private gardens

Artistry of nature

Within the bucolic garden of his family farm, Emmanuel de Quillacq has created a contemporary space inspired by the local Flemish art

TRUE COLOURS

Do gardens need a carefully considered colour scheme, or are they better when a mix of spontaneous, clashing colours come to the fore? Alice Vincent is undecided

RANUNCULUS

Ranunculus asiaticus has long been a popular florist's flower, but a number of new garden cultivars can now offer home growers spring colour for the garden and vase

Colour magic

In his garden in the Irish village of Kiltegan artist TJ Maher paints with plants, which in mid to late spring means tulips galore

Grass roots

Bio-designer Zena Holloway goes back to basics with her organic sculptures, fashioned from wheatgrass grown at home

Plants for moist soils

You don't have to give up on areas of moist, boggy soil, Instead, consider some of the lovely plants that are well adapted to live in these sites

Spring into action

Spring is a key time for all kinds of crucial garden jobs like pruning and preventative slug measures,

Top TEN Classic tulips

For simple elegance plus a vast variety of colours and colour combinations, choose classic tulips,

Room for a view

Stefano Marinaz has created year-round interest in this small urban garden, providing spaces to share with friends and with wildlife

Sow where they grow

Sowing seeds where they are to grow is an easy, bother-free way to bring colour to your garden. Here, three experts recommend their favourite flowers for growing direct

Natural selection

At Twelve Nunns Nursery in Lincolnshire, it has taken 20 years for three new erythroniums to be offered for sale

Flow of ideas

A creative meeting of minds has produced a dramatic spring garden of contrasts, with water at its heart

Add vertical interest with Border giants

Whatever your garden's style or size, towering plants are a must. Louise Curley recommends statuesque specimens guaranteed to take borders to new heights

The garden on three levels

Jan Mundy's garden in Usk has changed from a dark, sloping site to a contemporary outdoor space on three levels that's full of brightness and colour