Garden News (UK) - 21 Okt 2025
ALLIUMS!
Expert advice
BERRY GOOD!
‘Why I love the tones of autumn’
Martin Fish is planting pots to last through winter
Stefan Buczacki answers your plot questions
Confusion reigns among my plants!
Plant a native hedge
Our cover star: Allium ‘Ambassador’
Garden of the Week
Start sowing sweet peas
Garden Helpers – who’s been keeping you company?
Stefan Buczacki troubleshoots for you – preventing tomato blight, getting morning glories to flower and more
Sow sweet peas now for summer promise
Carol Klein on autumn’s glorious display, plus her gardening week at Glebe Cottage
Plant a native hedge and other tasks your flower garden needs now
Savour the flavour and save pounds on luscious strawberries
Kitchen Gardener Rob Smith knows that patience is a virtue
Everything you need to know about berried shrubs and trees
Martin Fish is planting up pots for some seasonal splendour
Take hardwood fruit cuttings and more jobs for your fruit and veg
The tactile, touchable plants to transform your garden
New for the Garden – the latest tools and equipment
Karen Gimson’s autumn pear and almond tart
Ian Thwaites explains autumn care for cacti
News from the gardening world
Take a look at readers’ gardens
Win prizes with our crossword
Plant show-stopping alliums
Your letters and photos
Garden of the Week
BUMPER HARVESTS!
First lady for botanical garden
IAN HODGSON’S QUALITY QUINCE!
Tribute to ‘fifth Beatle’
WILKINSON SWORD HORI HORI TROWEL £14.99
ROUGHNECK GORILLA DIGGING HEAD WITH SERRATED BLADE £14.99
ANDERMATT BIOFLEECE 18
PRESTIGE WATER FENCE PANEL TANK £349
helpers! GARDEN
Romantic disarray!
Romantic disarray!
Penny’s key plants…
… and her design tips
PLANT SHOW-STOPPING ALLIUMS Alliums to avoid!
PLANT SHOW-STOPPING ALLIUMS Alliums to avoid!
‘Purple Rain’
A. cernuum
A. caeruleum
A. siculum
A. sphaerocephalon
A. moly ‘Jeannine’
A. schubertii
A. cristophii
A. stipitatum ‘Mount Everest’
All you need to know about BERRIED SHRUBS & TREES
All you need to know about BERRIED SHRUBS & TREES
HANDS-ON HAVEN!
Plants that invite touch
HANDS-ON HAVEN!
STACHYS BYZANTINA
PELARGONIUM TOMENTOSUM
Plants that invite touch ...continued
FOENICULUM VULGARE
MIMOSA PUDICA
Autumn’s final FLOURISH
Beautiful bean harvests
Autumn’s final FLOURISH
MONDAY
Lots to learn from my plot
I’m still sowing and growing!
My highlight
Plenty of planting now for colour next year
My highlight
My highlight
SOW SWEET PEAS
PLANT A NATIVE HEDGE
STEP BY STEP
RAKE LEAVES OFF THE LAWN
DEADHEAD DAHLIAS
PROTECT SARRACENIAS
DIVIDE POLYANTHUS
CARE FOR SALVIAS
CREATE SOME SEASONAL POTS
TOP TIPS
HANDY HINTS
TAKE HARDWOOD CUTTINGS OF FRUIT
HARVEST CHINESE ARTICHOKES
CHECK STORED POTATOES
STEP BY STEP
CUT DOWN RASPBERRIES
Good things come to those who wait…
Turn waste into garden gold
Good things come to those who wait…
Autumn pear and almond tart
Care for your autumn cacti
Ian Thwaites
How can I prevent tomato blight?
FOUR MORE TOMATO PROBLEMS
Can you tell me what is eating my dahlias?
What is wrong with my hydrangea?
Leaves on my ‘Williams’ pear tree have black spots!
Could my troublesome weed be the caper plant?
How should I cover cuttings and pots?
Why did my tea rose change colour?
My morning glory plants didn‘t flower
What alternatives to box won’t suffer with blight?
Can you suggest fruit trees to plant in front of my house?
I have an extreme allergy to wasp stings – are there any plants I can grow to stop them coming into my garden?
Why are the leaves on my apple tree silvery and shrivelled?
Can I grow another sumac tree where the old one died?
Can pelargoniums be wrapped in newspaper to store?
TEA BREAK
Win an alstroemeria jumbo plug WORTH £12.99
Shell-tered beauty!
Chills to frills!
Best of this week’s short & sweets!
Zinnia winners
Pondside surprise
A whiff of wisdom!
Savour the flavour of homegrown strawberries!
Raspberry Full Season Collection
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