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The best trees for small gardens for privacy, flowers and colour
The time is right to take control of your garden and here is an expert guide on where to start in 2022
ByRoyal Horticultural Society13 Apr 2022, 8:40am
How to keep cut flowers alive: six expert gardening tips for long-lasting vases
The best simple tricks for keeping freshly-cut blooms beautiful and maximising their life span so you can enjoy them for longer
BySarah Raven23 Mar 2022, 12:48pm
How to keep cut flowers alive: six expert gardening tips for long-lasting vases
The best simple tricks for keeping freshly-cut blooms beautiful and maximising their life span so you can enjoy them for longer
BySarah Raven20 Aug 2021, 3:51pm
The 10 best gardening apps to identify unknown plants and flowers
ByMiranda Evans18 Aug 2021, 7:53am
Gardening in July: what to plant and tidy in your garden this month
ByLia Leendertz6 Jul 2021, 6:48pm
Got a shepherd’s hut? Now give it an upgrade
ByAnna Hart2 Jun 2021, 7:00pm
Why winter is a brilliant time to sow grass seed
ByBunny Guinness17 Feb 2021, 10:34am

What to do with your Christmas tree in January
ByRachel Thompson4 Jan 2021, 9:36am
Why modern roses are the best to grow
ByVal Bourne2 Jun 2020, 5:09pm
What flowers should you deadhead, and what is the best way to do it?
ByBunny Guinness2 Jun 2020, 5:03pm

The 10 best apps to identify unknown plants and flowers
ByMiranda Evans31 May 2019, 11:48am
Expert tips on bougainvillea, lily beetle control and late summer roses, from Helen Yemm
ByHelen Yemm24 Aug 2018, 10:30am
Helen Yemm: my Japanese acer has outgrown its pot, the best grey-leaved tree, insects that love roses
ByHelen Yemm3 Aug 2018, 10:30am
Helen Yemm: success with parsley, good and bad buds, a weed you'll have to live with
ByHelen Yemm27 Jul 2018, 10:30am

Expert survival and recovery tips for gardening in a heatwave
ByMark Diacono25 Jul 2018, 9:19am
Helen Yemm: work now play later, how to control a hydrangea, is this grass a trouble-maker?
ByHelen Yemm19 Jul 2018, 6:00pm
Prince Charles asks gardeners to join the fight to save the British landscape
ByTelegraph Reporters18 Jul 2018, 5:53pm
Helen Yemm: snail-proof hostas, don't give up on your daphnes, old wives' tales
ByHelen Yemm13 Jul 2018, 10:30am
Please don't bring Xylella, a deadly plant disease, back from your holiday
ByMatthew Appleby10 Jul 2018, 10:00am
Helen Yemm: compact cistuses, troublesome irises and floral fakery
ByHelen Yemm26 May 2018, 7:00am
Helen Yemm: frosted evergreens, potted plants for novices, a tour of Lake District gardens
ByHelen Yemm20 Apr 2018, 7:00am
Helen Yemm: clematis pruning without fear, put grass clippings to work, a sickly weeping fig
ByHelen Yemm16 Mar 2018, 12:00pm

How (and how not) to stop deer eating your garden
ByPip Sloan16 Mar 2018, 7:00am
Helen Yemm: when voles attack, collapsing conifers and sooty camellias
ByHelen Yemm9 Feb 2018, 7:00am

Helen Yemm: hydrangea know-how, raised beds, evergreen clematis
ByHelen Yemm25 Jan 2018, 12:00pm
Stop spending and start growing: the thrifty gardener's guide to mindfulness
ByBunny Guinness23 Jan 2018, 7:00am
Winter jobs: clean up outside with a pressure washer
ByLia Leendertz12 Jan 2018, 12:00pm
Helen Yemm: plants for pergolas, the best rockery plants for a old bonfire site, two shrub questions
ByHelen Yemm12 Jan 2018, 7:00am
The golden age of glyphosate weedkillers is over
ByKen Thompson4 Jan 2018, 7:00am
Helen Yemm: benefits of seaweed; lanky roses and problems in pots
ByHelen Yemm27 Oct 2017, 7:00am
Helen Yemm: chocolate cosmos tips, a laurel takeover, how to stop mealybug in its tracks
ByHelen Yemm13 Oct 2017, 7:00am
Why the spider scare stories are even more frightening than the real thing
ByKate Bradbury11 Oct 2017, 7:00am

How to overwinter cannas, dahlias, begonias and gladdies: lift or mulch?
ByLia Leendertz6 Oct 2017, 2:00pm
Helen Yemm: Chinese lanterns that won't light up, the wrong skimmia, pond plant advice
6 Oct 2017, 7:00am

Helen Yemm: the fight against vine weevil, time to turn your leaf heap, shrub and bulb problems
ByHelen Yemm29 Sep 2017, 7:00am
Helen Yemm: how to grow more champion delphiniums, kick-start a poinsettia, cut a hedge down to size
ByHelen Yemm22 Sep 2017, 7:00am
Ken Thompson: why forecasts of rain are most likely to be wrong
ByKen Thompson18 Sep 2017, 7:00am
Helen Yemm: pop-up cyclamen, reluctant peonies and a mauve menace
ByHelen Yemm15 Sep 2017, 7:00am