TIMELY PRUNING

Long for fruit trees? Grow rich pickings without a vast outdoor space...

From ramblers to floribundas, climbers to ground cover, plus top varieties to choose from, here’s your definitive winter guide

Spring isn’t too far away now and growers everywhere are gearing up for the new season ahead. We all hope for bountiful harvests from our trusty fruit trees and bushes, but what can we do to help them

Variegated evergreen shrubs sometimes produce shoots that have plain (or reverted) leaves, spoiling the look of the plant. It’s a common problem with elaeagnus and euonymus (pictured) in particular. R

Make new phlox plants for free by taking root cuttings of your established plants before they start sending up their spring shoots. Take them from plants dug up from the garden or from pot-grown speci