With spring well underway, it’s time to plan and plant for the summer. Debi Holland chooses her five favourite summer bulbs and offers her tips and advice along the way
Summer Containers
Five great grasses for containers
You don’t need a grass garden to appreciate the beauty of these useful plants, says Neil Lucas of Knoll Gardens.
How can I help my garden survive drought and floods?
We can’t control the weather. Our gardens are at the mercy of sun scorched drought and storm drenched floods. Geoff Hodge explains how you can make your garden more weather proof.
How to deal with drought in the garden
Top tips on dealing with drought in the garden in hot weather, including watering advice for lawns, containers, shrubs and trees.
Summer holiday garden care
Before you head off on your hols, check out these useful and timely gardening tips from Martyn Cox.
How to cheat at gardening
Martyn Cox gives us his ten favourite gardening hacks that every gardener should know.
The Five Best Hanging Basket Plants
For more drama and impact in your summer baskets and containers choose your plants with care.
What’s all the fuss about begonias?
If there’s one type of summer container plant that has the WOW factor in spades it’s the begonia
What can I use instead of plastic flowerpots?
Even though plastic flower pots are recyclable, few get a second life before disposal. Jean Vernon offers five alternatives to plastic flower pots
A carnival of containers
Every garden has room for a container of plants. Geoff Stonebanks shares some of his container ideas from Driftwood Garden.
Flower Power wins prizes
Amateur gardeners scoop hundreds of pounds in prizes, by using Flower Power plant food in their pots and containers
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