Your soil must be deep, fertile and rather sandy if you want to produce fine long specimens. If your soil is rather heavy or stony, try grow...

Plant tulip bulbs now for a colourful display next spring. Arrange them in bold groups in borders or patio pots - dwarf, medium and tall gro...

Wallflowers, winter pansies, forget-me-nots, primulas and other hardy spring-flowering bedding plants should now be planted into well-prepar...

Harvest potatoes before slug damage becomes a problem. Leave them out for a while to dry, then store in paper sacks or boxes. Only store sou...

Summer-prune espalier, fan-trained, cordon and step-over fruit trees. Check for any signs of aphids or caterpillars, and spray if required....

Feed blueberries with an ericaceous plant food such as liquid seaweed, and harvest crops as they ripen...

Tie in sweet peas as they grow to ensure they don’t flop and break their stems. Feed them with liquid seaweed every 14 days to encourage goo...

If you have viburnum tinus or viburnum opulus shrubs in your garden, check for signs of viburnum beetle grubs. The grubs start nibbling hole...

Plant hardy herbs like parsley, chives, lemon balm, sage and thyme for a supply of fresh herbs during late spring and summer. If you have la...

Remove the dead flower heads of daffodils as they fade, leaving the stems and foliage to die down naturally....