
What’s in Amateur Gardening 7 April 2018
Free seeds worth £2.69
Jobs for this week
Tree care after the Beast from the East
How to treat your deciduous trees after the recent snow
New products
Ruth Hayes and Lesley Upton pick the most interesting items
Supporting perennials
Provide young plants with something to lean on
Of seeds and seedlings
Sowing your free polyanthus seed and pricking out echinaceas
Protecting early blossom
Don’t let early blooms succumb to frosts
Great garden ideas
Pick of the very best
The simple beauty of summer cosmos
Bombsite gardeners
How Londoners grew veg in the rubble of the Blitz
Roses for a small garden
Advice for growing this garden classic in a small plot
Why not grow erythroniums?
An unusual and vibrant addition to your beds
Get the look
A charming colour co-ordinated cottage garden
Gardening wisdom
Peter Seabrook
Gerberas are a fantastic source of summer colour, says Peter
Bob Flowerdew
Stepping stones are a useful way to add structure, says Bob
Val Bourne’s garden wildlife
How aphids are evolving into ‘super-aphids’
Lucy Chamberlain’s fruit and veg
Moving seedlings, growing veg in pots, checking for pests
Anne Swithinbank’s masterclass
Sowing and germinating parsnip seed
Your questions answered
Caterpillar concerns, potting bulbs, orchid dilemma
Gardener’s miscellany
We get down to earth for soil-related general knowledge
How to grow acers
Japanese maples are the tree of choice for small gardens
Your letters
Hedgerow berries, tool-tidying, crocus emerge unscathed
Toby Buckland
Put your plants on a strict diet and reap the rewards
Products on test
Tried and tested
Six cold frames for all needs and budgets