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Action plan: Nigel Colborn’s essential jobs for your garden this week  - May 19, 2019

British gardening expert Nigel Colborn shared advice for protecting plants from late frost. He suggests investing in fleece to protect tender plants outside overnight.




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Bill Oddie on the joy of bird-watching – and how you can attract them to your garden

Bill Oddie who would cycle to the countryside as a child because he didn't have a garden, shared advice for ensuring your garden is welcoming to birds.




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Action plan: Nigel Colborn’s essential jobs for your garden this week

British gardening expert Nigel Colborn shared advice for cutting back your summer and autumn-flowering plants.




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Peonies are the prettiest plants in the garden right now, says Monty Don

British gardening expert Monty Don, shared advice for growing peonies. He says the flowers are easy to grow and can flower happily for 100 years in undisturbed conditions.




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The legendary Beth Chatto may have left us, but her family has ensured that her garden lives on

Beth Chatto, who died last year, used to tell her grandchildren the Latin names for plants when they visited. Now her granddaughter Julia has become managing director of her gardens in Essex.




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Alliums will take over your garden but are worth every bit of effort, says Monty Don

British gardening expert Monty Don revealed that his garden is garnished with a sea of intense purple balls of flower in May. He also answered questions from readers of the weekend magazine.




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Action plan: Nigel Colborn's essential jobs for your garden this week - Jun 23, 2019

British gardening expert Nigel Colborn shared advice for helping gardens deal with all the recent downpours.




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Luck of the Iris: Monty Don shares his tips for growing the bearded blooms in your garden

British gardening expert Monty Don shares his advice for growing irises. He says the plants do best in open areas that have blazing hot summers but quite cold winters, and need good drainage.




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Your plot could win £2,000 in the Daily Mail National Garden Competition

British gardening expert Monty Don shares his top tips for competing in this year's Daily Mail National Garden Competition. The winner will receive a £2K prize and finalists will be given a blue plaque.




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Action plan: Nigel Colborn's essential jobs for your garden this week - Jul 07, 2019

British gardener Nigel Colborn explains how this is the month for soft cuttings.




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Action plan: Nigel Colborn's essential jobs for your garden this week  - Jul 21, 2019

British gardening expert Nigel Colborn shared his advice on how readers can increase their production of strawberries.




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Monty Don has added a touch of the Med to his garden - and here he explains how you can too

British gardening expert Monty Don shared his advice for how to grow olive trees in the garden. He recommended using 'very large terracotta pots'.




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Action plan: Nigel Colborn's essential jobs for your garden this week 

British gardening expert Nigel Colborn shared advice for summer pruning wisteria. He says pruning now will result in bigger and better flowers next spring.




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The finalists in our competition have created gardens as diverse as they are beautiful

Finalists from this year's Daily Mail's National Garden Competition shared the stories behind their plots. The winning garden is set to receive £2,000 and a coveted blue plaque.




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Action plan: Nigel Colborn's essential jobs for your garden this week  - Sep 01, 2019

British gardening expert Nigel Colborn shared advice for managing ponds this season. He advises removing dying vegetation to improve conditions.




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Thistles can be a spectacular asset to your garden, says Monty Don - and some are edible too 

British gardening expert Monty Don shares his advice for growing thistles. He says creeping thistle which troubles most gardeners have seeds that are excellent food sources for finches.




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Action plan: Nigel Colborn's essential jobs for your garden this week  - Sep 15, 2019

British gardening expert Nigel Colborn shared advice on gardening now to plan for spring.




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Winners of our garden competition have been chosen - and it's a couple who transformed a wild space

Claire and Robert Bailey-Scott, 43 and 57, from Gosberton, Lincolnshire, have transformed their garden and won the Daily Mail National Garden Competition.




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Action plan: Nigel Colborn's essential jobs for your garden this week - Sep 29, 2019

British gardening expert Nigel Colborn shares his advice on how to prepare your plants for the winter.




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Miscanthus ages with style, giving your garden drama through the darker days of the year

British gardening expert Monty Don says that you should plant Miscanthus grass in your garden to add splashes of colour and style on the darker days of the year.




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Nigel Colborn says that flowers last longer in Autumn as he lists this week's essential garden jobs

Nigel Colborn has shared his advice on gardening this week. He said homeowners can plant 'anything hardy' and should keep dead-heading dahlias so that they stay in flower until the first frost.




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Action plan: Nigel Colborn's essential jobs for your garden this week  - Oct 13, 2019

Nigel Colborn shared advice for keeping perennials young and healthy. The British gardening expert recommends digging up mature plants and gently shaking soil from the roots.




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Action plan: Nigel Colborn's essential jobs for your garden this week  - Oct 20, 2019

Nigel Colborn shared advice for re-planting rhubarb to boost production. The British gardening expert recommends re-planting baby rhubarb slips in a new piece of ground.




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No room to grow pumpkins? Monty Don has found an aternative that's been thriving in his garden 

British gardening expert Monty Don has shared his advice for growing squash. He advises those who have sandy or chalk soil, or live in an area of low rainfall to use alot of compost or manure.




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Fabulous ferns will thrive in your garden's dark and damp corners, says Monty Don

Tree ferns, which are easy to transfer because most of the roots are in the stem, are excellent plants to put in your garden's damp and dark places. Monty Don also said that they are easy to move.




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Action plan: Nigel Colborn's essential jobs for your garden this week - Nov 10, 2019

Nigel Colborn shared advice for taking root cuttings to produce new plants. The British gardening expert recommends removing thicker roots and re-planting.




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Let Monty show you how to choose, plant and care for a tree in YOUR garden 

British gardening expert Monty Don, shared advice for growing trees in gardens of any size. He suggests paying attention to the trees in your area to get ideas for what can thrive in your own garden.




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A gift from the garden: Nothing shouts Christmas like red cabbage, says Monty Don

British gardening expert Monty Don shares his advice for growing red cabbage. He said the vegetable is as much part of his Christmas as the lights on the tree.




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Santa goes green! Nigel Colborn reveals the best gifts for gardeners this Christmas 

Nigel Colborn picked out a selection of the best gifts for green-fingered loved ones this Christmas. British gardening expert suggests a traditional gardening trug and sturdy carbon-steel shears.




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Monty Don has travelled the States in search of its greatest gardens for his new TV show

British gardening expert Monty Don revealed a number of the gardens he visited while filming his American Gardens series, which starts this Friday on BBC2.




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Action plan: Nigel Colborn's essential jobs for your garden this week 

Nigel Colborn shares his advice for thriving wisteria this summer. The British gardening expert recommends shortening stumps this month to prevent emerging leaves from hiding flowers.




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Action plan: Nigel Colborn's essential jobs for your garden this week

British gardening expert Nigel Colborn shared advice for growing Moth Orchid's, including purchasing better quality soil than what is already in the plant pot.




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Action plan: Nigel Colborn's essential jobs for your garden this week 

Nigel Colborn shares his advice for using lilies as enchanting patio pot plants. The British gardening expert recommends keeping the plaint in moist compost with access to sunlight.




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Action plan: Nigel Colborn's essential jobs for your garden this week

British gardening expert Nigel Colborn shared advice for planting sweet peas, pruning shrubs and trimming violas this week.




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Saving Britain's wildlife starts in our gardens: The results of our second wildlife census are in

The results of the second annual Wildlife Census, where Weekend Magazine asked its readers to record species spotted in their gardens last year, are in. It looked at 58 creatures commonly found in Britain.




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Action plan: Nigel Colborn's essential jobs for the garden this week 

British gardening expert Nigel Colborn, shares his advice for increasing the number of snowdrop clumps in your garden.




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Action plan: Nigel Colborn's essential jobs for your garden this week

Nigel Coleborn shares his advice for sowing courgette seeds and pruning your clematis. The gardening expert also named the plant of the week as the Dutch Flower Record.




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Action plan: Nigel Colborn's essential jobs for your garden this week

British gardening expert Nigel Colborn shared advice for removing last summer's shoots to ground level. He also answered a question on a young Japanese cherry tree.




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Ten things to do in the garden WITHOUT a trip to the shops

Social distancing has coincided with the busiest time of the year for gardening. Ten anxiety-busting things to do in the garden in the next few weeks include sowing seeds and potting.




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Nature's pick-me-up: Nigel Colborn says gardening is the perfect medicine

British gardening expert Nigel Colborn says how gardening is the perfect medicine in uncertain times such as the coronavirus outbreak. He said people should finish overdue winter tasks.




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Action plan: Nigel Colborn's essential jobs for your garden this week

Nigel Colborn shared his advice for nurturing ponds as the days become warmer. The British gardening expert advises removing dead or damaged stems and looking out for weeds.




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Action plan: Nigel Colborn's essential jobs for your garden this week

British gardening expert Nigel Colborn shared advice for managing this year's near-hardy perennials. He advises pruning away last year's growth.




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Action plan: Nigel Colborn's essential jobs for your garden this week

British gardening expert Nigel Colborn shared advice for people growing their own food in their gardens during the coronavirus lockdown.




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Nigel Colborn's essential jobs for your garden this week

Now is the time to deal with winter jasmine. Though spectacularly beautiful with cheerful yellow flowers from November to March, this shrub is ferociously invasive.




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Nigel Colborn's essential jobs for your garden this week 

Camellias are giving a wonderful show this year, but it will soon be over. After flowering has finished, give each shrub a vigorous shake to dislodge any dead blooms.




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Nigel Colborn's essential jobs for your garden this week

This is a good weekend to sow pumpkin, gourd, courgette or marrow seeds directly outdoors. And it’s by no means too late to sow turnips, beetroot, runner beans, spinach or chard.




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Nigel Colborn's essential jobs for your garden this week

This is a good time to refresh compost if you grow camellias or azaleas in containers. Ericaceous compost loses acidity — especially when hard water is used.




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How to beat the drought in your garden

This year’s winter was abnormally dry in many regions. And now, just when growth should run at top speed, it’s drier still. We’re heading for a drought. For gardeners, that’s a disappointment.




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Houston Rockets 126-111 LA Lakers: James Harden inspires hosts to victory

James Harden scored 50 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists to lead the Houston Rockets to victory over LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers at Toyota Center on Thursday night.




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Celebrate the Exbury Gardens centenary by puffing around the grounds on a steam train

Constance Craig Smith explored Exbury Gardens in Hampshire as the plot created by Lionel de Rothschild prepares to celebrate its centenary this year.