
What’s in Amateur Gardening
2 June
Free seeds worth £2.29
Jobs for this week
To lift or not to lift bulbs
Ruth explains the pros and cons of lifting spring bulbs
Prune early bloomers
How to cut back early flowering shrubs
How to stay in the pink
Take cuttings and plant out last year’s pinks, says Ruth Hayes
Free seeds: Hollyhock
Create a border ‘backbone’ with some gorgeous giants
Great garden ideas
Pick of the very best: Diascias
Sun-loving favourites that are equally good in containers
How to mix and match colour
Six top plant colour combinations for summer
Super-nectar plants
Best annuals and perennials for more bees and butterflies
Iceland poppies
Easy to grow and well worth the wait, says Graham Rice
Get the look
A garden dedicated to self-sufficiency
Gardening wisdom
Peter Seabrook
Peter explains how to get £1,000 for your rose bloom
Bob Flowerdew
Grow beans for great veg and add fertility to the soil, says Bob
Val Bourne’s garden wildlife
There is more wildlife in the city than you think, says Val
Lucy Chamberlain’s fruit and veg
Plant out squashes, feed fruits, summer care for tomatoes
Anne’s masterclass
Anne Swithinbank looks at summer plants for dry shady areas
Ask John Negus
Your gardening questions answered quickly and personally
How to grow honeysuckle
A lovely climber for pretty blooms and intoxicating scent, says Anne Swithinbank
Gardener’s miscellany
Green gardening is the theme for facts, puzzles and fancies
Your letters
Stencilled greenhouse, grow your own coffee and reader’s tip
Toby Buckland
Toby’s in a bit of a bind this week dealing with a certain weed
News and product tests
Latest news
RHS to build new national centre for horticulture
Tried and tested
Tim tests six seed and fertiliser spreaders
Cover photograph: Papaver ‘Pacino’ (pic: Alamy)