Amateur Gardening – 20 July 2019

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“Divide perennials to keep your
borders productive,” saysRuth
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Cover photograph: Clematis ‘Lasurstern’ (pic: GAP)

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“How to grow heuchera for
colourful foliage,” saysAnne
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“Six great summer shrubs for
small gardens,” saysMartyn
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“These nine special clematis suit
diff erent situations,” saysLouise
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Jobs for this week

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HOW TO DIVIDE PERENNIALS

Keep plants productive and create more for free, says Ruth

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HOW TO KEEP PERENNIALS HEALTHY

Ruth explains how to prevent and tackle pests and diseases

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HOW TO EXTEND AUTUMN COLOUR

Look on the bright side and plant some late-fl owering bulbs

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TOMATO GROWBAGS READER TESTED

Are certain growbags better than others? We reveal all...

Great garden ideas

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HOW TO GROW HEUCHERA

Grow a kaleidoscope of colourful foliage, says Anne

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SIX OF THE VERY BEST BROCCOLI

Nutritious and easy to grow – these are the best examples

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SUMMER-FLOWERING SHRUBS

Six fantastic examples to suit the smallest gardens

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CREATE A GIANT’S GARDEN IN A SMALL SPACE!

Big leafy plants that give the illusion of space in a small plot

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CLEMATIS FOR ALL GARDENS

Gorgeous climbing examples for nine garden situations

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GET THE LOOK: THE MATURE GARDEN

How one couple in the Pennines developed a mature plot

Gardening wisdom

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PETER SEABROOK

Discover Essex’s answer to Great Dixter, says Peter

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BOB FLOWERDEW

How summer pruning improves an apple and pear harvest

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VAL BOURNE’S GARDEN WILDLIFE

Jackdaws are smarter than the average bird, and here’s why

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LUCY CHAMBERLAIN’S FRUIT AND VEG

Tips for allotments, second-cropping spuds, a spot of callaloo

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ASK JOHN NEGUS

Improving pinks, tomato tragedy, does black spot spread?

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ANNE’S MASTERCLASS

What to do when your clematis isn’t looking at its best

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HOW TO USE A CHARCOAL BARBECUE

Tim’s top tips for getting the best results – safely

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A GARDENER’S MISCELLANY

This week’s theme for puzzles and prizes is brooms

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YOUR LETTERS

Perhaps our oldest reader – plus, smart tips and cute pets

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TOBY BUCKLAND

A perennial favourite has Toby turning over a new leaf

Garden news and off ers

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LATEST NEWS

Fears for extinct plants, RHS D-Day garden goes home

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135 years of practical advice

2019

“What part of gardening do you fi nd most challenging? For me, it

is dealing with the disappointment of seeing the broad beans

I’ve nurtured for months covered with blackfl y. It is

diffi cult to think about pests positively when this

happens, and yet I have had to recalibrate myself

to accept that pests are all part of the ecosystem

and are important. I just wish I could introduce

them to a short-term plague of ladybirds!”

Garry Coward-Williams, Editor

I’ve nurtured for months covered with blackfly. It is

difficult to think about pests positively when this

happens, and yet I have had to recalibrate myself

to accept that pests are all part of the ecosystem

and are important. I just wish I could introduce

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