Amateur Gardening – 13 July 2019

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“I’ll show you how to keep your

lawn in good health,” saysRuth

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Cover image (GAP): Pelargonium peltatum ‘Super Cascade’ Rose

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“Colchicums will be ready
to plant soon,” saysGraham
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“Not all lavenders are blue – try
these other colours,” saysMartyn
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“Try these bulbs to plant now for
autumn colour,” saysGraham
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Jobs for this week

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HOLIDAY GARDEN CARE

Make sure you don’t come home to a disaster!

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TENDER PERENNIAL CUTTINGS

Ruth explains a simple way to get more plants for free

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HARD-PRUNING A CLEMATIS

A little tough love is required for this beauty, as Ruth explains

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GET A HEALTHIER SUMMER LAWN

Treatments you can try to get a lustrous lawn for longer

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POND CARE FOR SUMMER

Ruth’s top tips for ensuring a healthier, lovelier pond

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FREE SEEDS: PACIFIC GIANTS MIXED

How to sow delphiniums for gorgeous tall spires

Great garden ideas

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SIX OF THE VERY BEST: COLCHICUMS

A gorgeous spring fl ower, but which should you grow?

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LAVENDER’S BLUE...

... But it’s also white, green, yellow and red, as Martyn reveals

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BEST BULBS FOR AUTUMN FLOWERS

Yes, you can have great borders and containers, says Graham

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HOW TO USE MEDITERRANEAN PLANTS

Why not add a fl ourish of Spain and Italy to your garden?

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GET THE LOOK: A SLOPING GARDEN

How one couple made uneven levels work in their favour

Gardening wisdom

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PETER SEABROOK

The BBC is failing its gardening audiences, says Peter

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BOB FLOWERDEW

Want to increase your strawberries? Bob explains how

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VAL BOURNE’S GARDEN WILDLIFE

It could be a bumper year for greenfi nches, says Val

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LUCY CHAMBERLAIN’S FRUIT AND VEG

Holiday tips, sowing mustard and harvesting globe artichokes

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HOW TO GROW CORYDALIS

Anne’s guide to bright blooms, neat foliage and compact structure

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ASK JOHN NEGUS

Multi-colour hydrangea, striped menace, help with beetles

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ANNE’S MASTERCLASS

What you can do when your cherry tree is under-performing

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A GARDENER’S MISCELLANY

Trivia and puzzles on the sweet and juicy subject of strawbs

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YOUR LETTERS

Bell to scare pigeons, beast of a rose, very naughty hens

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TOBY BUCKLAND

What is your desert island plant? Toby’s choice is thymely

Product tests

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TRIED AND TESTED

What are the best snips for deadheading? See our test

135 years of practical advice

The World’s Oldest Gardening Magazine

135 years of practical advice

The World’s Oldest Gardening Magazine

135 years of practical advice

The World’s Oldest Gardening Magazine

Amateur

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135 years of practical advice

2019

“I love growing veg — it’s hugely rewarding, but I am less

fond of the wait between planting and harvest. I planted up

21 bags of spuds and I am close to reaping the earlies. Every

day, I check if they are fl owering. It’s magical, not

knowing what lies waiting in those bulging bags.

Hopefully, all will be revealed when my expectant

hands plunge deep into the soil to retrieve the

crop, and it will be all worthwhile... Hopefully!”

Garry Coward-Williams, Editor

21 bags of spuds and I am close to reaping the earlies. Every

day, I check if they are flowering. It’s magical, not

knowing what lies waiting in those bulging bags.

Hopefully, all will be revealed when my expectant

hands plunge deep into the soil to retrieve the

crop, and it will be all worthwhile... Hopefully!”

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