Gardening
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Sizzling shrubbery
The vibrant tones of azaleas and magnolias add extra pizzazz to gardens as they get into their springtime stride this month. Make the most of them with your 2 for 1 Gardens entry card and app
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April 2026
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My gardening life
In this exclusive extract from her new book, Mary Berry writes about her love of daffodils, tulips and the promise of spring
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April 2026
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Make a potted lily display
Plant lilies into containers to ensure that there will be plenty of colour on your patio this summer. Pots of lilies are also useful for squeezing into gaps in borders to add extra colour and fullness with their trumpet-shaped blooms.
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April 2026
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My kitchen garden: Growing vegetables
Rich Heathcote explains successional sowing, why he likes no-dig and shares his pick of high-yield, low-maintenance crops
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April 2026
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Take cuttings from campanula
Make new campanula plants for free while you tidy up the main plant.
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April 2026
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Remove low stems on flowering currants
Look out for any very low-lying stems on flowering currants and cut them back to where they started.
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April 2026
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Hale and hardy
With deep gardening roots formed in childhood, Halecat Nursery specialises in hardy plants that survive and thrive in the wet Lake District climate.
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April 2026
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Nick's Secret garden
Did you know there's an entire ecosystem underground? In the second part of Nick Bailey's series on the secret life of your garden, he reveals why your soil is the key to growing healthy plants
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April 2026
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Prune out the oldest stems of forsythia
Remove a few of the oldest branches from forsythia, cutting them close to ground level, while giving the flowered stems a trim back to strong buds.
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April 2026
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Give Russian sage a hard prune
Remove the tall old stems of Russian sage (Perovskia atriplicifolia) to encourage strong new growth.
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April 2026
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Root of the matter
To dig or not to dig: how it really works for sowing and growing in spring
3 min |
April 2026
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Plant a small tree
There are a whole host of lovely small trees that will grow happily in your metre and bring wildlife into your garden, whether it's for food, shelter or a nesting site.
1 min |
April 2026
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SAVE OVER 50% on sweet pea mix
An exclusive collection of distinctly different sweet pea blooms.
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April 2026
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Expert's choice Trilliums
Slow to develop but easy to grow - all these woodland treats need is for the deer to dine elsewhere
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April 2026
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Strawberry yields forever
Delicious and fast-growing, strawberries offer a high yield of fruit for minimal effort.
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April 2026
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Grow courgettes and summer squashes now
Sow courgette and squash seeds now so you'll have seedlings ready to plant outside in early summer. Fill pots or large module trays with peat-free multipurpose compost.
3 min |
April 2026
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Tales from Titchmarsh
After a lifetime of weather obsessing, the only thing that Alan can rely on when it comes to planting out early is his thermometer
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April 2026
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The Useful Garden Plants for dyeing: Part 1
In our new eight-part series, Frances Tophill shares her passion for the versatility of plants, and shows how to grow and use plants for a purpose, beginning this and next month with natural dyeing
4 min |
April 2026
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Redeeming features
Spring is the perfect time to plan some new additions to the garden. From log planters to ponds made from old sinks, these practical, affordable projects help you turn reclaimed wood and natural materials into attractive garden features that make your garden greener and wildlife-friendly.
3 min |
April 2026
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Plant a large potted shrub
Add instant impact and plant for the future in one go by adding a large potted shrub to the garden. Now is a good time to plant with the soil warming up and still holding moisture from winter.
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April 2026
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Growing up
Sometimes the most challenging plots lead to fruitful solutions. Sheila M Averbuch discovered this when she turned a steep, U-shaped plot near Edinburgh into a beautiful, productive and wildlife-friendly sanctuary
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April 2026
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Give flowering quince a trim
Cut back flowering quince (Chaenomeles speciosa) as soon as the flowers fade.
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April 2026
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Coming up roses
Roses have earned their place as one of the UK's all-time favourite flowers thanks to their beguiling and often highly scented blooms, wildlife-friendly features such as nutritious hips, and their wide range of growing habits, which suit gardens large and small. They are also a sure signifier of warmer weather to come, with both wild species and cultivated varieties flowering from late spring through to early autumn, peaking in summer. Despite their popularity, roses can still feel intimidating to grow. So, we asked Liam Beddall from David Austin for his top tips on how to choose the right rose for a variety of spaces and helping them thrive for years to come.
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April 2026
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Place logs around the garden
Position logs randomly around garden borders rather than in neat piles to recreate the way they fall naturally from trees in the wild.
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April 2026
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Prune out frostdamaged stems
Trim frost-damaged stems from vulnerable evergreens such as bay, pittosporum and rhododendrons to just above a leaf, making a clean cut with secateurs.
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April 2026
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Mulch apples
Spread a bulky mulch on top of the soil surface around the base of young apple trees to condition the soil, hold in moisture and suppress weeds.
3 min |
April 2026
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We love April
I like unusual words and there are a couple that seem appropriate for this time of year. March, we know, is a fickle beast, where the weather can flicker from T-shirt to thermals in the course of a day.
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April 2026
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Climbing high
Plants that scramble and climb are a must in any garden - particularly if you're short on space. Monty reveals how he grows them at LongmeadowPlants that scramble and climb are a must in any garden - particularly if you're short on space.
4 min |
April 2026
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Put up a swift box
Give swifts a helping hand by installing a bird box. Swifts return from their wintering grounds in the Congolese rainforests this month.
1 min |
April 2026
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Garden globetrotting: Seychelles
Blake Roberts journeys to the Indian Ocean to discover an ancient landscape where giant tortoises roam, the world's heaviest seeds grow and boulders are mistaken for artworks
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