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Spring may have sprung late, but when it finally comes it will be sensational, Alan Titchmarsh has predicted.
The ITV Love Your Garden presenter shared gardeners’ frustration at being stuck indoors during icy blasts in March and April – but says we’ll all benefit from a late start to the season.
Speaking exclusively to AG, Alan said: …
Another tree disease is threatening to wipe out one of Britain’s most treasured species.
Arboriculture experts are calling for a ban on imported sweet chestnut trees – to halt the spread of sweet chestnut blight (Cryphonectria parasitica).
The fungal disease has hit two sites in Warwickshire and Essex. Around 180 trees have been destroyed.
It follows the import …
It’s going to be a terrible year for slug damage.
“The signs of trouble are already out there and gardeners are leaping into action,” said chief advisor at the Royal Horticultural Society Guy Barter.
“Seedlings are being nibbled off and daffodil flowers have been devoured.”
Slugs enjoyed a bumper breeding season last summer. Although spring has been cold, …
Gardeners who have been ditching chemicals in a bid to save stricken honey bees may have been wasting their time.
In a shock move, the British Beekeepers’ Association (BBKA), which represents 24,000 amateur beekeepers, said is not convinced that controversial neonicotinoid garden insecticides are responsible for honey bee decline.
“There is no evidence we have seen of …
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CONSERVATION CHARITY Plant Heritage claims that 62 per cent of the 1,441 heathers listed in the RHS’s Plant Finder are under threat.
In spite of their long flowering periods and ability to attract bees, heathers have fallen out of favour with gardeners.
Plant heritage conservation officer Mercy Morris said: “Heathers are sold almost as bedding plants, with …
When it comes to planting potatoes, the old saying goes, “Get your earlies in late and your lates in early”.
Just as well considering the weather we’ve been experiencing this spring. Last weekend was the fist chance I’d had to get on the soil and plant out my chatted first early Pentland Javelin, even then I …
You could win a completely new garden design for a total makeover of the garden, from improved layout to a fresh planting design worth £129 courtesy of Plantify!
Their designer will start with a blank canvas, creating a new garden design that might involve a change of the landscaping as well as a brand new planting …
Getting dirt, moss and the like off paving, decking and garden furniture can be hard work and time-consuming. But now you can give your elbow more power and be eco-friendly at the same time with help from the newly launched K7 Eco Beast from Karcher.
Endorsed by Waterwise it’ll save you over 50 per cent on …
Environment groups claim certain insecticides, known as neonicotinoids, are leading to the decline of bees, which pollinate many vital food crops. The chemicals remain legal and approved for garden use. But the issue has divided gardeners – including AG’s writers. Here, three of the magazine’s staff state their personal opinions on neonicotinoids.
Tim Rumball, Editor of AG …
