Garden Answers (UK) - 2021-02-01

• BEAU­TI­FUL GAR­DENS
• Wel­come
• Meet the Con­trib­u­tors
• Frost: magic & mir­a­cles
• Top 10 plants for win­ter gold Brighten up the sea­sonal gloom with golden flow­ers, grasses and shrubs. Here are our favourites
• Team bells and trum­pets with bold red stems Un­der­plant a vi­brant dog­wood with early daf­fodils and win­ter heather
• “Paths me­an­der through the snow­drops” Hun­dreds of galan­thus, aconites and helle­bores kick­start the sea­sonal colour in this pretty cot­tage gar­den
• “We never get used to our amaz­ing views” This slop­ing wood­land gar­den blends seam­lessly into its hilly land­scape, with trees and shrubs for win­ter in­ter­est
• Gar­den to visit East Lam­brook’s ditch gar­den is full of pic­turesque plant­ing ideas. Its Head Gar­dener ex­plains how to get the look
• Watch with Mother
• De­sign So­lu­tions Trans­form a long thin gar­den into an ex­cit­ing jour­ney with plants, paving and seats
• Sub­scribe to Gar­den An­swers Pay just £5 for three is­sues
• Eu­pa­to­rium mac­u­la­tum
• Sym­phy­otrichum la­t­er­i­flo­rum
• Cor­nus san­guinea
• Per­fectly sim­ple
• What’s in a name?
• Gar­den­ers
• 2.2mil­lion new­bies!
• Eco gar­den­ing: EM­BRACE IVY
• Front gar­dens MAKE US HAPPY
• WIN HEATH­COTE & IVORY GOOD­IES WORTH £50
• 30-minute makes
• for wildlife gar­dens
• Baf­fling bulbs
• What’s on...
• “I like to dream big!”
• Gar­dener’s BOOK­SHELF
• Baf­fling bulbs
• En­joy LIT­TLE MIR­A­CLES
• Keep­ing plants safe: FROST PRO­TEC­TION
• Re­pair­ing dam­age
• Fe­bru­ary
• PRUNE SHRUB ROSES
• Restart fuch­sias and pelargo­ni­ums
• Sow hardy an­nu­als
• Spike your lawn
• START SOW­ING PEREN­NI­ALS
• GIVE BOR­DERS A HEALTH CHECK
• Pre­pare your soil for plant­ing
• Main­tain and top up bark paths
• Plant pot­fuls of lilies
• Perk up your pa­tio!
• Don’ t for­get...
• Cut back tall de­cid­u­ous hedges
• PLANT YOUR BORDER
• IN THE GAR­DEN WITH…
• IN THE GAR­DEN WITH…
• Fact file
• PRETTY RAVINE
• Watch with MOTHER
• WIRE IN A NEST CAM
• USE A SIM­PLE TRAIL CAM
• HOME CHOICES
• Nest­ing birds and the law
• On the mar­ket: nest cams
• WILDLIFE GAR­DEN JOBS FOR FE­BRU­ARY
• Look out for...
• Get the most from LEEKS
• PLANT OUT LEEK SEEDLINGS
• LEEK TROUBLESHO­OTER
• LEEK AND POTATO SOUP
• Five of the best...
• Or try these...
• Or­ganic pest CON­TROL
• Six of the best pur­ple crops
• Make a win­dowsill prop­a­ga­tor
• Fe­bru­ary plan­ner
• How fast is your veg?
• Make life eas­ier
• Beat weeds with NODIG
• Make a No dig bed
• Wise words on weed­ing
• READER OF­FER
• So­lu­tion of the month
• Will it bear fruit?
• Is this a weed?
• Q Dead brown branches are ap­pear­ing on my Vibur­num ti­nus – what do I do? HAZEL TALL, BY EMAIL
• Q My cal­li­carpa has shriv­elled berries and leaf drop – any tips? CHRISTINA GRIF­FITHS, WEB­SITE
• Q How do I make yel­low bud­dleia grow up, not out? KATRINA JOHNSON, WEB­SITE
• Q Could I prune sparse-look­ing pho­tinia with leaves only at the tips? P A BUT­TERY, NOT­TING­HAM
• PEONY PROB­LEMS
• Q Why did my lupins not open prop­erly? TIM BAR­BER, BY EMAIL
• Q How can I en­cour­age two-year-old calla lilies to bloom again? STEPHEN WAKE­FIELD, VIA WEB­SITE
• Am I wait­ing in vain?
• Q Help! Do I cut off ‘Tu­lameen’ rasp­berry canes that are out­grow­ing their fruit cage?
• Q Can I help boost poorly fruit­ing ‘James Grieve’?
• Q Why have my car­rots split?
• Q What are spots on crab ap­ple ‘John Downie’?
• AP­PLE AD­VICE
• Q Can I add ver­mi­culite to blue­berry plants?
• Q Which plants will cope in a planter on a windy site?
• Q What’s this lovely sum­mer­flow­er­ing plant?
• White­fly wipe­out
• Q What are these fungi in our lawn and rockery?
• Q What chewed my snow­drops?
• Cre­ate zones
• Work with lines
• Lighten it up
• Ditch the lawn
• Use the di­ag­o­nal
• Think big
• Co­or­di­nate your POT DIS­PLAY
• DRAINAGE
• MA­TE­RIAL
• SHAPE
• SIZE
• PLAS­TIC
• FI­BRE­GLASS
• Paul’s walk­ing no longer an up­hill bat­tle thanks to TURMERIC+
• Try Turmeric+ be­fore you buy it
• TER­RA­COTTA AND CLAY
• WOOD
• STONE AND CON­CRETE
• METAL
• Dahlias got us go­ing
• Nec­tar o’clock
• Fes­tive duo
• Build it, they’ll come!
• CON­GRAT­U­LA­TIONS
• Rain­drops on roses
• DEC­O­RA­TIVE DRAW­ERS
• SHIN­ING THROUGH
• WIN SE­CA­TEURS WORTH £60!
• FREE* BLUE­BERRY ‘DUKE’ PLANT– + 5 PACK­ETS OF SEED!
• OF­FER 1: CIT­RUS TREES
• OF­FER 2: BLUE­BERRY ‘BLUECROP’
• OF­FER 3: FIG ‘LIT­TLE MISS FIGGY’
• FLOW­ER­ING MI­MOSA TREE OF­FER
• BONUS OF­FER: THALICTRUM ROCHEBRUNI­ANUM
• PUZ­ZLES & PRIZES
• Win gar­den tools & gloves!
• DE­CEM­BER CROSS­WORD SO­LU­TION
• En­ter our word­search
• WIN 3x For­sythia + £30 Hayloft voucher
• HOW TO EN­TER
• “Night­mare neigh­bours come in all shapes and sizes”

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