
Jobs for this week
Why it’s all about trees
Planting container-grown and bare-root trees and shrubs
Why don’t my daffodils haveflowers?
Ruth looks at the causes and remedies of ‘blind’ spring bulbs
More sweet peas please
Time to sow more seeds and care for seedlings
Undercover housekeeping
Ruth reminds gardeners to check their tender plants
Put up a nest box in time for spring
Garden birds need all the help they can get, says Ruth
Trimming roses and perennials
It’s time to tidy up your hardy border heroes
Great garden ideas
New series: Pick of the very best!
Graham Rice chooses his six top RHS AGM early potatoes
Picking the right apple
Plant an apple tree and you can join the January wassail
Add spring cheer with primulas
How to make the most of this varied and colourful species
Light up the winter garden with witch hazel
Hamamelis offers flowers, fragrance, colour and shape
Get the look
A hillside setting offers a variety of growing environments
Gardening wisdom
Peter Seabrook
How to grow better and bigger begonias
Bob Flowerdew
Don’t upset your year by slipping on ice
Lucy Chamberlain’s fruit and veg
Force Witloof chicory, sow broad beans, protect veg in a clamp
Val Bourne’s garden wildlife
February is the best time to see garden birds, says Val
Anne’s masterclass
How to sort out a sickly rosemary
Your questions answered
Clematis wilt, autumn raspberries, gnat attack, hairy invader
How to grow polianthes
Include these richly perfumed plants in your garden
A gardener’s miscellany
Puzzles and peculiarities to amuse you
Your letters
Daisy power, hedges crossing boundaries, desert-island picks
Toby Buckland
Choose a rose using your head, not your heart
Reader offers and product tests
Unique multi-tonal hydrangea offer
Buy three plants and save £19.98
Tried and tested
We test five log sawhorses