Garden Answers (UK) - 1 Dez 2024
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FIRE & ICE
December issue...
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Heart-shaped wreath for maximum festive joy
Gardening’s original bad girl Ellen Willmott’s exceptional achievements far outstrip her reputation as a prickly eccentric
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Be inspired by…
Patio projects, festive buys, dates for your diary, news, crafty projects and so much more
Fire & ice
As the solstice approaches, the days may be shorter but gardens can still dazzle with colour
Verdant winter ferns
Foliage takes centre stage with these beauties, providing lush texture all year
The GA Christmas Gift Guide The best gardening goodies for your festive gifts this year
Shimmering in the mist Celebrate the frosty magic of the garden in winter
What to do this month There’s still plenty to attend to...
Showstoppers
Enchanting evergreens
Be inspired by stunning reader gardens
Gardening’s original bad girl
How to create a rain garden
The GA Christmas gift guide
Super scented sarcococca
Fire & ice for winter drama
Stately seasonal ferns
CHRISTMAS GIFT GUIDE
READER GARDEN
WINTER FERNS
PATIO PROJECT
ELLEN WILLMOTT
SCENTED SARCOCOCCA
Frame your garden with festive fashion
Save £50 on a pair of standard holly trees with pinecone-style planters
WILDLIFE
My lovely plot
ASK THE EXPERTS
Head gardener
Meet Michael Adams, head gardener at Whatley Manor, where sustainability is at the heart of it all
Garden rescue Ian Hodgson helps a reader to make planting more coherent in their front garden
Packing a punch
Colour is the star, no matter the month, in this picture-perfect labour of love
Let it pour!
Decadent double hellebores
Save money on these winter-flowering beauties, as well as on gin & tonic plants
A garden of enchantment
Ask Garden Answers
Our experts are on hand to help you with your gardening dilemmas
Garden view
Dan Masoliver finds himself truly outfoxed by local wildlife
Celebrate SHIMMERING IN THE MIST
Celebrate SHIMMERING IN THE MIST
Be inspired by... Plants, books, events & buys for the month
GET THE LOOK
NEW BREXIT CHARGES MAY HIT GARDENERS
INSECT SHOW GARDEN
Be inspired by... Plants, books, events & buys for the month
Palm leaf basket
Wish list
A Christmas carol
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What’s on...
BAKE OFF STAR AND NGS PRESIDENT SUPPORTS CANCER NURSES
30-minute makes
GERTRUDE JEKYLL GARDEN TO OPEN
Book of the month
QUIZ ANSWERS
Fire & ice
Fire & ice
Verdant
Verdant
CARING FOR FERNS
Gardening’s ORIGINAL BAD GIRL
Gardening’s ORIGINAL BAD GIRL
PLANTS THAT ARE A REMINDER OF MISS ELLEN WILLMOTT
Stocking FILLERS
Christmas GIFT GUIDE
Shiny NEW KIT
Curl up with a GOOD BOOK
Decorations for CHRISTMAS
For houseplant LOVERS
Garden ESSENTIALS
Getting NICE &COSY
Wildlife FRIENDLY
Simply scentsational SARCOCOCCA
Did you know?
Expert notes
OUR PICK OF THE BEST
How to grow
December
CLEAN YOUR GARDEN TOOLS
Keep an eye on forced bulbs
MOVE SHRUBS
Care for garden birds
Cut o damaged hellebore leaves
Weatherwatch
CHOOSE A LIVING CHRISTMAS TREE!
PLANT A BAREROOT HEDGE
Deal with weeds
Sort through old seed packets
Plant last-minute spring bulbs
PLANTS THAT ‘BLEED’
Don’t forget...
Prune grape vines
GET STARTED WITH A PLANTING PLAN
Celebrate enchanting evergreens
HOW TO PLANT
WINTER FRAGRANCE BEAUTIFUL BACKCLOTHS
COLOURFUL STEMS
EXPAND THE SCHEME
WILD AND WONDROUS 2024
WILD AND WONDROUS 2024
DISASTROUS YEAR FOR THE BUTTERFLIES
POND PLANTS OF CHOICE
WILDLIFE GARDEN JOBS FOR DECEMBER
GREENFINCHES AND CHAFFINCHES
PHEASANTS AT FEEDING
Look out for...
A GARDEN OF ENCHANTMENT
A GARDEN OF ENCHANTMENT
IN THE GARDEN WITH…
PACKING A PUNCH
PACKING A PUNCH
IN THE GARDEN WITH…
Wonderful Whatley
Top Tip
Fact file
Welcome to my lovely plot
Things to see in December
Recipe
LET IT RAIN DOWN
LET IT RAIN DOWN
RAIN GARDEN BENEFITS
Solution of the month
IAN HODGSON
GEOFF STEBBINGS
GEOFF HODGE
Pests & disorders
Garden rescue
Trees & shrubs
Houseplants
Herbaceous
Fruit trees
Bug hunt
Q Are tiny shells on amingo willow sign of disease?
Weed it or feed it?
Q What can I do to boost sarcococca?
Q How do I prune cotinus to make it more bushy?
Q Do I need to replace ailing owering cherries?
Q Can I grow a climber up my rowan tree to extend the season of interest?
Q How do I care for this succulent?
Q Why are leaves turning brown on my otherwise healthy orchid?
Q Did putting clivia out in the rain damage leaves?
Q Will any droughtresistant perennials grow in shade?
Q How do I make a owerbed in a lawn?
Q Why are hellebores bought in spring owering already?
Best in bud
Q Should I get rid of this thorny plant that has appeared?
Q Is a conservatory the right place for carnation cuttings?
Q Might this plant have caused red spots on our arms after handling?
Odd ones out?
Q Can I prune tall-growing Daphne bholua?
Reaching for the skies
Q What is affecting fruit formation on my peach tree?
Q Which treatment is best for bitter pit?
Q Why did pear ‘Concorde’ leaves go brown and drop?
Q Are these bugs friend or foe?
Q What are these huge caterpillars?
Q Why do these tiny bugs arrive each summer?
Q What are these plants I’ve grown from plugs and how do I treat them?
Q How can we boost poorly malus ‘Royalty’?
Oh rats!
Q What attacked our Scots tree? This damage happened overnight!
Q How can I make the planting in my front garden more coherent?
Fact file
BOOST GLOSSY FOLIAGE AND TEXTURE
THUJA OCCIDENTALIS ‘DANICA’
TAXUS BACCATA ‘FASTIGIATA AUREA’
HAKONECHLOA MACRA ‘AUREOLA’
ACER PALMATUM ‘OSAKAZUKI’
OPHIOPOGON PLANISCAPUS ‘NIGRESCENS’
CHOISYA TERNATA ‘SUNDANCE’
Steve digs deep with TURMERIC+GOLD
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SIMPLY TREE MENDOUS IDEA!
Fascinating fasciation
Charming display
Dazzling nerines
CONGRATULATIONS
BRIGHT & BEAUTIFUL
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There be dragons
Frame your garden with festive fashion
AMARYLLIS GROWING KITS
Hellebore ‘Christmas Carol’
Decadent DOUBLE HELLEBORES
THE PERFECT FESTIVE GREEN GIFT
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Wordsearch
WIN 4 dazzling hellebores + £20 voucher
White as diamonds
From chilli powder to ultrasonic alarms, as he stares into the abyss, Dan wonders if the struggle to keep out those canny canines is worth it Simply outfoxed
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