Amateur Gardening

Every week, Amateur Gardening is the first choice for both beginners and knowledgeable gardeners looking for advice and easy-to-follow practical features on growing flowers, trees, shrubs as well as fruit and vegetables. Be inspired, by our beautifully illustrated features covering plant and flower groups, both home grown and exotic, and take a sneak peek into some of the most beautiful private gardens around the country. Plus, every week we feature expert opinion and tips from some of gardening’s most influential exponents including Toby Buckland, Bob Flowerdew, Anne Swithinbank, Peter Seabrook and Jo Whittingham.

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Prepare winter protection • Get greenhouses and coldframes set for winter, says Ruth

Which greenhouse for you? • It’s a big outlay, so think hard before you invest

Pest patrol • There’s no let-up, even in winter!

Coldframes and mini greenhouses

Peat-free tomato trial • Plants on test clearly suffered from nutrient deficiency

People ‘will stop gardening’ says Val

Peat-free needs extra feeding

What to do with tubers • Ruth considers whether to leave or lift cannas and dahlias

Seedlings and cuttings • Ruth prepares young plants for the winter months

A symphony of colours • You’ll be wedded to colourful dahlia ‘Figaro’, says Ruth

Winter workout • Winter is on its way, so make sure any areas where you store plants under cover are up to the task, says Bob

Seeing red • Touches of red can bring a winter garden to life, says Val

Focus on… Fruit in pots • The health of your potted edibles is paramount at this time of year, so whether you’re buying, planting up or potting up, make potted fruit a priority, says Lucy

Choose The Perfect Rose For Your Garden Or Patio

Fabulous fritillaries • Fritillaries have a multitude of roles to play in our gardens, whether they are planted in grass, borders, rock gardens or containers, says Anne Swithinbank

Reach for the sky • Tall perennials can be a strategically smart way to hide unsightly features or create a vertical wall of colour in a small garden, as Graham Clarke explains

This week… Maples • Available in various shapes and sizes, maples provide year-round interest in the garden

Ask JOHN NEGUS • John will reply personally to all your gardening questions

WORDS OF WISDOM • From Amateur Gardening’s historic 138-year-old archive

A gardener’s MISCELLANY • Gardening’s king of trivia and brain-teasers, Graham Clarke

AG’s Garden Wall

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Crossword …just for fun!

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How to protect your grape crop • Steve and Val Bradley explain how to save your grape crop from birds and insects

Ask ANNE SWITHINBANK • Masterclass on: controlling bear’s breeches

Your LETTERS TO WENDY

The Fuchsia bush

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Tree of life • Planting a catalpa tree to commemorate someone special prompts Toby to reflect on trees with royal significance