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Just desserts
Look after your rhubarb and you'll be rewarded with lots of luscious stalks for plenty of summer puds, says Toby
Care of wild and tamed lawns
Ruth looks at our swards at the end of No Mow May
Focus on... Sweetcorn
If you get the spacings and the timings right, you too can be enjoying delicious sweetcorn harvests. Lucy Chamberlain explains how to find your sweet spot
How to get months of colour
Ruth's top tips for prolonging that sense of summer
Heaps of Colour
Hydrangeas offer great structure, huge blooms and late-season colour in semi-shade. Hazel Sillver explains how to grow them and looks at 16 of the best types
Feeding time
Val looks at plants that provide food for caterpillars
A tale of two tomatoes
Ruth shows how to resurrect leggy seedlings
Quick-growing annuals to sow now
There is still time in late spring to sow quick-growing hardy and half-hardy annuals straight to the soil, says Anne Swithinbank, as she describes the best ones to grow
Keeping it sweet
Bob explains why now is the best time to sow sweetcorn
Create a wildlife patch
Give a little space to nature’s heroes, says Ruth
Autumn daisies
Sneezeweeds are tough perennials, and now is the time to plant them to attract wildlife and fill borders with warm, fiery colour in late summer and autumn, says Hazel Sillver
Say hello to hostas
After disappointments, Ruth gives hostas another chance
Bring me sunshine!
Sow the taste of citrus with cosmos ‘Polidor’, says Ruth
Growing citrus plants
Whether you grow luscious lemons or ornate oranges, Steve and Val Bradley explain how to keep your potted citrus plants in tip-top condition throughout the year
Sparring partners
Val looks at the pros and cons of gardening partnerships
Start thinking about cuttings
Propagation is so easy and satisfying, says Ruth
This week... lilacs
With their beautiful scented flowers, lilacs are an easy-to-grow garden classic
Luscious lilies
Beautiful and hardy, lilies are flowers of mystery and legend. Camilla Phelps explains how you're spoilt for choice when it comes to finding the right lily for your garden
AG's peat-free compost test: Part 3
Overall growth is more even and plants are bushing out after a patchy start
It's a kind of magic
Bob reveals a few plant ‘tricks' to impress children
Focus on... Summer lettuce
Lettuces are the foundation of summer salads — and, with careful sowing, spring, autumn and winter salads, too! Lucy explains how to boost your salad self-sufficiency
The garden's dark star
'Velvet Queen' is a statuesque beauty
Dragon tree dilemma
Anne Swithinbank's masterclass on: Pruning Pruning a dracaena
Dropping peat is not the answer
Use peat until a good alternative is found, says Bunny Guinness
Magnolias for every garden
Christopher Lloyd explains why every garden should have a magnolia
On the decline
Val is shocked to discover that gipsy rose is on the red list
Towers of colour
Sow or plant mulleins in spring for glorious spires of summer flowers that add vertical accents to the border and provide nectar for bees
This week... lupins
If you want height and colour in your garden, grow lupins
What to do with sweet peas
Sow more and care for seedlings
A pot for every season
Refresh and plant anew to fill the 'colour gap.