Garden Answers

Garden Answers is a vibrant and inspiring gardening magazine filled with ingenious design ideas and exciting plant combinations guaranteed to make your garden beautiful.

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Celebrate STEPPING INTO SUGARY SPRINGTIME • Like little frosted sweets in a sweet shop, these beautiful tulips look good enough to eat

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STANDING UP FOR NATURE IN CITIES

HOUSEPLANTS TAKE CENTRE STAGE AT MALVERN

The green gardener

Wish list • Last year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show was dominated by irresistible irises. Here are some bearded beauties…

Colourful catkins • Beautiful strings of tiny flowers are a boon for wildlife, but can you identify the following? Answers on page 12

Tulip time...

WIN ACORDLESS HEDGETRIMMER

YEW REMOVES MOST AIR POLLUTION FROM ROADS

Book of the month

30-minute makes

THE SEARCH IS ON FOR RARE PLANTS

TANTALISING TULIPS • From big and blousy, to fringed and fabulous, Sue Fisher discovers that there’s a perfect tulip out there to suit everyone’s tastes

Britain’s army of GARDENERS • Michael Gilson’s new book, takes a look back at how the suburban garden as we know it now, took shape

Amazing AMELANCHIER • These elegant trees offer spring blossom, edible berries and autumn leaf colour, says Sue Fisher

April • It’s time to plant up hanging baskets, put in plant supports and sow annual grasses for a beautiful summer display

PLANT UP A HANGING BASKET • Start them off early under cover and they’ll burst into bloom by late spring

It’s time to ROOT HOUSEPLANTS IN WATER • As houseplants burst into growth over the coming weeks, root some of their stems in jars of water: it’s easy!

Acomplementary mix of FOLIAGE & FLOWERS • Pastel tulips, tree peonies and irises partner beautifully with a soothing background of textural greenery

Striving for a healthy crop of vegetables & wildlife • Adrian Thomas looks at ways to live in harmony with garden wildlife while growing fruit and veg

MODERNITY MEETS TRADITION • This six-acre 19th century garden has been restored to its former glory with added contemporary touches

“IT SOUNDED TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE”

Victorian glasshouses to wildflower meadows • Embracing the challenges that nature throws at you is part of the excitement of being head gardener at West Dean, for Tom Brown

Welcome to my lovely plot • Olga takes delight in sowing funky tomato varieties now, for juicy treats in the summer

GROW LETTUCE IN ADRAINPIPE • It sounds unusual, but old drainpipes make the perfect growing space for crops such as lettuce – keeping them safe from pests

Ask the Experts • Our experts will help you get the best from your garden

Q & A • Do tomato seeds come true? How do I stop vine weevils in pots? Read on…

Snowdrops on steroids?

Heralds of spring

Sowing success

Weed control

Garden RESCUE • This smart suburban house deserves a stylish front garden to match, says Ian Hodgson

ORNAMENTAL SUPPORTS • Geoff Hodge looks at products to give your plants all the support they need to uplift your garden

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Debutante Digitalis Collection • Enjoy the eye-catching spires of these cottage garden favourites this summer

PERENNIAL PLANT COLLECTION • This collection of 24 plants will fill your borders with colour for three seasons of the year

Win these gardening goodies • Enter this month’s crossword for a chance to win a £50...