Practical
Kids fun: get them making a mini garden in a seed tray.

How to sow and grow your free cornflower seeds.

Features
Inspiration for planting colourful autumn patio pots.

We visit Manchester's Dig The City garden festival...

Fabulous Phlox
15 great varieties to bring colour and fragrance.

Cutting grass:
We test six lawn edging tools to find the best..

We’ll bring you
Sunshine! 
Our guide to the best variety of rudbeckia for your garden.

Mouthwatering: All you need to know to grow lovely melons.

Try crocosmia: The fiery plants that brighten up your borders..

Tomato tips: Smarter ways to boost your crop numbers.

Deadheading: Best techniques for the healthy care of roses.

Strawberries: Get plants for free! See our step-by-step..

Top technique: Grow more Siberian irises by division.

Wildlife Magnets!
16 favourite varieties for nectar-loving insects.

“Try these plants to add late summer heat to borders and containers,” says Camilla.

“Smart planning and planting will help keep the colour coming,” says Ruth.

“See the results of my peat-free seed compost test,” says Ruth.

“Here’s my guide to summer clematis,” says Graham.

“For upright stems and sizzling colours, here are my favourite red-hot pokers,” says Anne.

“Grow masses of these daisy-like blooms,” says Graham..

“Here are the best varieties for cutting and my tips for vase longevity,” says Graham

Try these sunloving, easy-grow perennials,” says Graham

Flamboyant
Beauty
All you need to know to grow bearded iris.

Patio weeding: We test six tools and name the best for the job.

Dahlia care: Beat pests by following our simple tips.

Better lawn: The right steps to get your grass in top condition..

“These pretty cistus are the perfect answer to dry summers,” says Graham.

“Heirloom roses have so much to offer,” says Graham.

Shady plants: Species that are happier with less sun.

Juicy cherries: All you need to know to get them growing..

Easy hardy Perennials
16 amazing options for direct summer sowing

EXPERT ADVICE!
Toby Buckland’s tips on how to update a border

Step by step:
Top method for planting brassicas

3 ways to grow:
Your choice for juicy outdoor tomato crops

Smart watering:
Systems that work better and save money

Sweetcorn: Try our smart growing method for long harvests.

Beetroot: Sowing tips to guarantee a great result.

Blooming Beautiful
16 hydrangeas for walls, pots and borders..

French beans: The tastiest varieties you can grow now.

Beating pests: Smart ways to keep unwanted creatures at bay..

Hardy plants: What they are, and how best to use them.

Best tomatoes: Smart ways to ensure the maximum crop.

Bedding secrets: How to plant and keep those flowers coming..

Heavenly Heleniums 
Best varieties to add fire to an autumn border.

Broad beans: Everything you need to know for a great crop.

Colourful spires of Beauty
Loved by wildlife, lupins are back in fashion.

Step-by-step: Create an alpine container in gritty compost.

Magnolias: Why they are perfect for any size of garden.

Tremendous toadflax: easy to grow and colourful for a sunny spot.

The colour purple: how plants of this
intensity can work in your garden

How to grow redbud: small trees
and large shrubs for petite gardens...

Gorgeous Calendulas - 16 easygrow varieties - and they're edible!

Runner beans: Growing tips for the most bountiful crop.

Gorgeous Cosmos
Brighten your border with these colourful beauties.

Feeding bulbs: Make sure daffs and tulips come back next year.

Time to sow Annuals!
16 varieties to bring vibrant colour to your border.

Super spiraeas: Long-lasting shrubs that are easy to grow.

Heavenly Fragrance
Ultimate plants for creating a fab scented garden.

EXPERT ADVICE!
Follow Ruth Hayes’ top tips for planting summer bulbs.

Gorgeous Delphiniums
Best varieties of this cottage garden classic revealed.

Dahlia cuttings: Grow more for free with our simple steps..

Rose care: What to feed so that you have plenty of stunning blooms.

Bring me Sunshine! Best sunflower varieties revealed, plus care tips.

Grow potatoes: It is time to plant maincrop tubers now..

Perfect Penstemons
16 top varieties of this long flowering easy-grower.

Fab tomatoes: Sowing tips to get you on the way to success.

Spring bulbs: How to make sure they really perform well.

Grow your own: Best sprouting broccoli sowing and growing tips.

Houseplants: Take kalanchoe cuttings in just five easy steps.

China aster Revival 
16 stunning varieties plus planting & care advice.

Indoor sowing: everything you need to know to start your seeds.

Final pruning: what varieties you can still cut for best results.

Dramatic Dahlias!
Our top choices for lasting blooms and cutting.

Planting in the green: create natural swathes of flowers from spring.

“Brighten your garden with shadeloving bleeding hearts,” says Graham.

Cosmos!
Pretty varieties to brighten your summer garden.

Houseplants: how to deal with the cause of sticky leaves.

DIY compost: make your own organic mix for seeds & potting..

Grow beautiful Buddleja
Top varieties for these butterfly magnets.

EXPERT ADVICE!
Lucy Chamberlain’s tips for growing early potatoes.

Technique: how to plant a tree for the Queen’s platinum jubilee.

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