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Gardening: Roses May 12 2012

I KNOW it’s a bit early in the season to be championing roses, but the rose has been voted the nation’s favourite flower in a survey of 3,000 people by Hozelock.Read

Sowing French beans Apr 21 2012

THEY are the ideal veg – delicious, ornamental and floriferous. Start sowing dwarf or climbing varieties indoors in April. They are best started off indoors, in two seeds per pot at 5cm (2in) deep, then planted out once they are around 8cm tall, but wait until the last frost has passed. Plant them in final places in early June and support them on bamboo cane wigwams.Read

Rejuvenate a conifer Apr 21 2012

1. If brown in the centre, remove small dead branches to reveal the shape of the main branches. Cut off a few of the lower large branches to enable you to underplant with ground cover plants.Read

Magnolia: pick of the bunch Apr 21 2012

THEY are the absolute stars of spring, their huge cup-shaped white and pink flowers providing a dazzling display and there’s none so impressive as the tree, M. grandiflora, which will reach 18m (60ft) in time.Read

What to do this week Apr 21 2012

Start hardening off bedding plants but put them under cover if frost threatens.Read

Gardening tips for week Apr 21 2012

You may have put away your hosepipe - but there are other ways to keep your soil moist during a drought. Here are a variety of water-retaining mulches to spread on your borders. By HANNAH STEPHENSONRead

Gardening: Anemones Apr 07 2012

THESE clumps of saucer-shaped, brightly coloured blooms look at home in any garden.Read

Gardening jobs to do this week Apr 07 2012

Protect young vegetable plants with netting if you have a problem with birds.Read

Gardening: How to brighten pots Apr 07 2012

1. Add coloured mulches to the pot while it still looks bare before the plants fill out and start to flower. They also help retain moisture.Read

Gardening: Quest for young talent Apr 07 2012

AS the UK's first National Gardening Week approaches, we look at how the Royal Horticultural Society is trying to encourage children to take up gardening. By Hannah StephensonRead

Gardening: Rosemary Apr 07 2012

IT’S scrumptious rubbed into roast lamb with garlic, or even blitzed with other herbs and olive oil to coat roast potatoes and the fragrance of rosemary can fill a room.Read

Gardening: Healthy compost Mar 31 2012

1. Use a mixture of materials, including kitchen scraps (but not meat) garden debris and lawn mowings. Too much of one ingredient, especially grass clippings, can make the heap slimy.Read

Gardening: Best of the bunch - Euphorbia Mar 31 2012

THESE hardy perennials are a brilliant choice for year-round interest but it isn't the flowers that make them significant, but the eye-catching bracts which appear in late spring or early summer.Read

Gardening: Lettuce Mar 31 2012

IT’S one of the easiest veg to grow and can provide you with salad leaves for virtually the whole year. Now is the time to start sowing a short row of lettuce every other week to ensure a regular supply of salad leaves throughout the summer.Read

Gardening: Patio plants Mar 31 2012

Summer pots should be a riot of colour, ideally with flowers that bloom into autumn. HANNAH STEPHENSON looks at trials of new patio plants to find out which will be worth growing this yearRead

Gardening jobs to do Mar 31 2012

Pull off the dead outer leaves of phormiums and divide overcrowded clumps.Read

Radishes: good enough to eat Mar 24 2012

IF you’re just starting to experiment with vegetable gardening, then radishes are among the easiest starter veg to try.Read

Gardening: It’s Chelsea first for Swift Mar 24 2012

FOR a man making his debut at the illustrious Chelsea Flower Show this year, TV gardener Joe Swift seems remarkably relaxed, even though advice is being thrown at him from all directions.Read

Gardening: What to do this week Mar 24 2012

TOP-dress permanent containers with fresh compost.Read

Use trees for wildlifeIt’s Chelsea first for Swift Mar 24 2012

1. Make a log pile out of pruned trees and tree stumps in a quiet corner to encourage insects, and beneficial wildlife such as frogs and hedgehogsRead

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