Plants

An illustration of a tawny dormouse with a fluffy tail sitting on a branch

Garden wildlife identifier: small mammals

How to prevent damping off

Plants to protect from wind-rock

10 tips for a great fruit harvest

Germinate seeds from spindle trees

Fact file: leeks

Sprinkling a scoopful of powdered high-potash feed onto the soil around plants

Four ways to help shrubs re-establish after moving

A clump of flowering snowdrops with sunlight shining through them

Planting snowdrops 'in the green'

Pale yellow witch hazel flowers

Five scented plants for February

Best plant combinations for autumn colour

Agapanthus 'Brilliant Blue'

10 beautiful agapanthus to grow

Mixed border planting

Flower show planting ideas – June

Parrot and fringed tulips to grow

Pale-green, fine-leaved Acer palmatum 'Seiryu' in a border

Plant combinations for shape and form

Carrying a bunch of nettles in a gloved hand

10 uses for nettles

Seven flowers to pick in June

Yellow, spidery flowers of witch hazel Hamamelis 'Aphrodite'

February flowering shrubs

How to prune bush fruit

Gladiolus nanus 'Albus'

Eight white narcissi to grow

Blue-tinged white agapanthus blooms

Get agapanthus flowers every year

10 flowers to pick in August

Dark pink astrantias in a border with hostas

Three tips for growing astrantias

Pruning plants to prevent disease

Six summer perennials for August

Allotment jobs for April

Cleaning a houseplant leaf with cotton wool soaked in a cleaning product

Winter care for house plants

How prune a hydrangea in spring – removing dead flowerheads

How to prune a hydrangea in spring

Five scented plants for September

Pink and white flowers rose 'Ballerina'

Carol Klein's favourite roses for pots