Get pruning to elevate your garden

Your hard work in the garden is paid back this month – but keep on pruning and planting to enjoy even more fruits from your labour

Pruning. There are so many different ways, and all seem so complicated! But we’ve put this handy guide together to get you started. In a nutshell, pruning improves the health and vigour of your fruit

These fuss-free, compact shrubs are guaranteed to provide colour and impact for years without growing out of control – which means less stress for you!

Now’s the time to add some summer stars for a burst of colour

TV and radio broadcaster Martin is an RHS judge and former head gardener

IT’S midsummer, and this is usually the season when gardens are supposed to look their best – brimming with colour, buzzing with life, weed-free and calm, relaxing places for lounging with friends or