
What’s in Amateur Gardening
6 October 2018
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It’s all about perennials
How to prepare the soil and plant out for next year
Lift and divide rhubarb
Ruth Hayes shows you how to split crowns to boost productivity
How to lay a turf lawn
After a burning summer, it might be worth starting again
How to sow your free seeds/What’s On
Traditional larkspur will bring extra beauty and colour
Great garden ideas
Six of the very best: Michaelmas daisies
Better known to many as asters, we name the best six
Hardy salads to sow now
Top tips on salad leaves you can still grow in winter
Best bulbs for a new spin on spring
Why not try something different? We offer nine options
A world of colour on your doorstep
Great ideas to brighten borders and containers
Get the look
A Cheshire garden with a water-based spiritual theme
Gardening wisdom
Peter Seabrook
Peter’s top tips for great flowering plants for 2019
Bob Flowerdew
Sage advice from Bob on how to store apples
Val Bourne’s garden wildlife
Think about giving wildlife a break before you clear up
Lucy Chamberlain’s fruit and veg
How to relocate big plants and prolong fruit harvests
Ask John Negus
Coral drops, using manure, amazing monster, curious snails
Anne’s masterclass
Can I revive my crocosmia? Anne Swithinbank explains how
How to grow hellebores
These winter favourites are both strong and enduring
A gardener’s miscellany
Pines are the subject of puzzles and trivia this week
Your letters
Welcoming wildlife, budget basket, stunning pottery garden
Toby Buckland
Toby reignites his passion for scything
Latest news and product tests
Latest news
Black plastic pot replacements, bee-killing hornets scare
Tried and tested
We test six bypass pruning loppers
Cover photograph: Crocus ‘Pickwick’ (pic: Gap)