Gardens

Gardening and landscape design ideas to help you make the most of your outdoor living space.

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Gardening

Jobs to do in the garden in December

Enjoy the festivities, but take some time out to keep on top of essential garden jobs in December.

Gardening

The best scented winter-flowering plants

Bring fragrance to your garden with our pick of scented winter-flowering plants.

Gardens

Colourful winter bedding plant ideas

Nine of the best winter-flowering bedding plants to add colour and cheer to your garden.

Beautiful decorative plants in the flowerpots. Red gaultheria, wintergreen berries

Gardening

The best plants for winter containers

Make the most of your winter containers with expert advice on the best plants for your pots to brighten your days right through to spring.

Pretty red flowers in a garden pot | Jonathan Buckley

Gardening

Bloomin' good reads: the best gardening books of 2024

We leaf through our selection of the best horticultural books of 2024 to bring you the pick of the crop.

Gardening

The best winter-flowering perennials for colour and scent

Our expert's choice of the best shrubs and perennial flowers to give your winter garden colour and fragrance.

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Why spring may be the best time to repair your lawn

Flowers

When to take fuchsia cuttings

Discover when to take fuchsia cuttings from tender and hardy plants, so you can keep growing your favourite varieties for free.

Gardening

When should I plant sweet pea seeds?

Gardening

When and how to prune plum trees

Gardening

When and how to harvest rhubarb, with a warning from Monty Don

There’s a right way to pick rhubarb, and a right time to do it.

Gardening

What to do with alliums after they finish flowering

Gardening

What to do when daffodils finish flowering - with a tip from Alan Titchmarsh

Gardening

What to do about a neighbour's overhanging tree branch

Is your neighbour's tree is causing a nuisance, whether it's overhanging branches, blocking light or risking damage to your property? We tell you what you can and can't do.

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