What’s in this issue
Free seeds worth £2.35, plus:
Jobs for this week
Create A Wildlife Haven
Give native wildlife a treat and make a pond
in 12 easy steps
Best New Garden Products 2019
Find out about the latest kit designed to
make gardening easier!
Time For Veggie Plug Plants
Growing from seed is fun, but there are easier ways…
Protect Blossom From Frost
Don’t let the changeable weather catch you out, as Ruth explains
Growing African Violets
Ruth champions the return of these once-popular houseplants
Great garden ideas
Six Of The Very Best: Perennial Primulas
See our pick of these robust, shade-loving beauties
Best Plants For Ponds
Compact aquatic companions for a small garden pond
Sunflowers: The Six Best For You
Bright, joyful, great for bees and very versatile, as we reveal
Light And Airy Umbellifers
Nine frothy pollinators to try for truly beautiful borders
Get The Look: The Eclectic Garden
Structural evergreens find harmony with superlative blooms
Gardening wisdom
Peter Seabrook
Inspiring Japanese petchoa that deliver startling colour
Bob Flowerdew
Want to protect your toms? Build a tent, suggests Bob
Val Bourne’s Garden Wildlife
Still using peat? There are good alternatives, says Val
Lucy Chamberlain’s Fruit And Veg
The joy of asparagus, sowing sweetcorn, avocado project
Ask John Negus
Sad cordyline, multiplying tulips, and pruning a peach
Anne’s Masterclass
Anne explains why salads ‘bolt’ and what you can do
How To Use Raised Beds
Tim on the technique made popular by Geoff Hamilton
A Gardener’s Miscellany
Ponds are the subject of this week’s trivia and quizzes
How To Grow Lilies
Anne explains the secrets to exuberant summer trumpets
Your Letters With Wendy
Celebrating dandelions, a dangerous shell, pulling rhubarb
Toby Buckland
A special rhododendron calls for special soil, as Toby reveals
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Cover photograph: Sunflower (pic: Alamy)