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Mark Diacono: How to grow your own hazelnuts (and why you'll find it rather easy)
Our resident grow-your-own expert Mark Diacono gives his tips on the surprisingly easy hazelnut.
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Mary Keen: How to make a garden pond that's perfect for swimming
Gardening writer Mary Keen shares expert tips for minimising the algae and maximising the fun.
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Comfrey: What you need to know about the plant that 'looks like borage a couple of gins into a long weekend'
Mark Diacono on the beautiful and untamed joy of comfrey.
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Alan Titchmarsh: The best plants to grow in a boggy garden
Alan Titchmarsh doesn't like soggy socks, but there are plants that love standing around in the damp all day.
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The best flowers named after monarchs, from the Queen's latest rose to the regal daisies that were almost named after Kaiser Wilhelm
With a new rose named ‘Queen Elizabeth II’ being launched for the Jubilee, Steven Desmond looks back at the history of naming plants after monarchs.
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The Land Gardeners: How soil health is the key to diverse, beautiful and fruitful gardens
The Land Gardeners, aka Henrietta Courtauld and Bridget Elworthy, speak passionately about the importance of soil health in gardening.
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Alan Titchmarsh: I'm not a garden obsessive — but if I were, these are the plants that would take over my thoughts
I'm not an obsessive, pleads Alan Titchmarsh, but just an enthusiast — and he tells us which plants he's most 'enthusiastic' about over the course of a year.
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Charles Quest-Ritson: In praise of climate change
'Scorn the batty arguments of those who deny that changes have happened and are happening,' says our columnist. And while we'll all strive to prevent things getting worse, we might as well enjoy in our gardens the fruits — quite literally — of the change that is already upon us.
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John Hoyland: The flowers to grow to create your own dye — just as they do at Glyndebourne
John Hoyland, gardens advisor at Glyndebourne, on the extraordinary dye garden that is now being used to create costumes for the famous outdoor opera.
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The 12 best flowering shrubs to plant for year-round colour in your garden
For year-round structure, intrinsic beauty and sheer usefulness, shrubs–the original low-maintenance plant–are hard to beat. Charles Quest-Ritson applauds their return and picks out a dozen to ensure interest in your garden all year round.
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Alan Titchmarsh: Of all the fragrant plants in my garden, this is the one I most look forward to enjoying
The gardener, writer and broadcaster Alan Titchmarsh shares his favourite flowers for early in the season — including one with a simply unbeatable fragrance.
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Charles Quest-Ritson: Why nothing matches the colour or beauty of the simple primrose
Sometimes the simplest flowers are the best, says Charles Quest-Ritson, as he looks at primroses, cowslips and their wonderful hybrids.
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Why you shouldn't grow onions on your allotment — but if you do, go for these really exceptional ones
Mark Diacono takes a look at allotment logic, and shares his formula for what you should and shouldn't spend your time and energy growing.
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The beautiful plants to look out for as Spring bursts through across Britain
Expert gardener and gardening writer Steven Desmond picks out some of his favourite sights as the winter begins to give way.
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Alan Titchmarsh: The old wives' tales of gardening that are total rubbish — and the ones with a grain of truth
There is often more than a grain of truth in gardening wisdom that comes from folklore.
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Planting big trees: What you need to know
The old advice always used to be to plant small and wait, but recent innovations mean that gardeners can plant outsize trees with confidence, says Charles Quest-Ritson.
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The best potato varieties to grow in a British garden
If you grow your own potatoes, you may find things are a little harder this year — but Mark Diacono picks out nine varieties that you can grow yourself which will easily outstrip what you find in the shops for flavour, texture and often colour.
