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Key tasks to keep your garden thriving
August is a strategic and valuable month in the UK gardening calendar. It’s a time to enjoy your garden in full bloom, but it’s also...
Tips for growing herbs
WHETHER you’re a serious foodie or you’re just starting out with your first herbs, there are five key plants you shouldn’t be without: rosemary, sage,...
Tips on growing Penstemon, Agapanthus and Anemones
AGAPANTHUS and penstemon sit well together in a midsummer border as both of these semi-tender perennials share a dislike of winter wet. On the plus...
It’s time to spruce up your greenhouse
IF you’ve had good use of your greenhouse this year, now’s the time to spruce it up. You should carry out maintenance on your greenhouse...
Keep the colour coming with autumn flowering
I often feel, at this time of year, we’re lulled into a false sense that warm, summer days and blowsy borders filled with roses, hydrangeas...
Forward planning for some winter cheer
PEOPLE will pay a fortune at the garden centre for pots of prepared hyacinths and narcissi in December, but you can save yourself a lot...
Top tips to grow Echinacea
THERE are so many colours and flower forms of Echinacea available these days – much more than there were a generation ago. The more fancy...
Kniophofia ‘Tawny King’
THIS striking red hot poker is known for its tall spikes and grows to an impressive height of 1.25cm with a spread of a metre....
Everything is coming up roses
FOR those of you who love roses, now is the time to plan ahead to choose next year’s varieties for your garden. To enjoy the...
Gardening Jobs of the Week
ONCE lavender has finished flowering, trim back the faded blooms. Never cut too far back into old wood, as new growth rarely sprouts from it....