Index
- Fruit, vegetables and herbs
- Flower garden
- Trees, shrubs, climbers, roses and hedges
- Glasshouse, conservatory and houseplants
- Lawns and meadows
- Containers
- Ponds
- Garden design, construction and plant selection
- Environmental factors affecting plants - including climate - and plant disorders
- Weeds, weed control and related problems
- Soils
- Plant propagation
- Pruning and training
- Garden wildlife
- General
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Fruit and vegetable garden
Fruit
- Apples: biennial bearing
- Apples: choosing cultivars
- Apples: identifying fruit buds
- Apples: pruning established trees
- Apples: summer pruning
- Apples and pears: pruning new trees
- Apples and pears: renovating trees
- Apples and pears: thinning fruit
- Apricots: cultivation
- Apricots: thinning fruit
- Blackberries: propagation
- Blueberries
- Cane and bush fruit: pruning and training
- Citrus plants - general cultivation
- Citrus plant problems
- Cherries: acid
- Cherries: sweet
- Encouraging good fruit pollination
- Fan training fruit
- Feeding and mulching fruit trees
- Figs in containers
- Fig pruning & renovation
- Fruit for pots and smaller gardens
- Gooseberries, redcurrants, whitecurrants
- Grapes: pruning
- Grapes summer care, pruning and thinning
- Grease bands
- Harvesting
- Hedgerow fruit
- Hybrid berry: pruning
- Kiwi fruit: growing
- Olives growing
- Peaches and nectarines: thinning fruit
- Plums: bullaces, wild plums and myrobalans
- Plums: pruning
- Plums: thinning fruit
- Raspberries: autumn fruiting
- Rhubarb: growing
- Strawberries: growing
- Summer pruning of fruit trees and bushes
- Storing fruit
- Walnut: pruning
- Weed control in the fruit garden
- Winter pruning of fruit trees
- Winter washes on fruit trees
Fruit pests
- Aphids (blackfly, greenfly and others)
- Aphid predators
- Blackcurrant big bud mite
- Brown scale
- Capsid bugs
- Cats
- Cherry blackfly
- Citrus pests
- Codling moth
- Currant blister aphid
- Glasshouse leafhopper
- Glasshouse red spider mite
- Glasshouse whitefly
- Gooseberry sawfly
- Leopard moth
- Pear fruitlet gall midge
- Pear pests
- Pigeons
- Plum leaf-curling aphid
- Plum moth (Cydia funebrana)
- Rabbits
- Raspberry beetle
- Raspberry leaf and bud mite
- Scale insects
- Slugs
- Snails
- Squirrels
- Vine weevil
- Winter moth caterpillars
Fruit diseases & other problems
- Apple bitter pit
- Apple canker
- Apple scab
- Apple sooty blotch and fly speck
- Bacterial canker
- Blossom wilt
- Brown rot
- Cane fruit: common problems
- Cherry fruit drop
- Cherry leaf scorch
- Cold damage
- Grape: common problems
- Grape shanking
- Grey mould (Botrytis cinerea)
- Peach leaf curl
- Pear rust
- Pear scab
- Pocket plum
- Powdery mildews
- Replant disease
- Saprophytic fungi
- Shothole disease
- Silver leaf
- Strawberry black eye
Vegetables
For a wealth of advice on growing vegetables, visit our Grow your own Veg area
- 6 easy gourmet vegetables
- 10 easy vegetables
- Allotment: starting one
- Asparagus growing
- Beans: growing
- Bolting in vegetables
- Brussels sprout problems
- Choosing the right vegetables
- Courgette failure
- Crop rotation
- Cucurbit crops: choosing
- Cut and come again vegetables
- Getting started in the vegetable garden
- Globe artichokes: growing
- Growing vegetables in containers
- Horticultural fleece for early crops
- Onions: sowing and planting
- Onion sets, shallots and garlic: planting
- Peppers and chillies: growing
- Perennial vegetables
- Pollination of glasshouse crops
- Potatoes: choosing and chitting seed
- Potatoes: growing
- Potatoes: growing for the festive season
- Potatoes: growing in pots
- Potatoes: lifting and storing
- Producing salads and herbs in growing-bags
- Pumpkins and squashes: storing
- Raised beds
- Root vegetables: splitting
- Root vegetables: storing
- Runner bean failure
- Salads through the seasons
- Salads and herbs: growing
- Sowing tender vegetables
- Sowing vegetable seeds
- Successional sowing
- Sweetcorn: growing
- Sweet potatoes: growing
- Summer vegetable sowing
- Tomatoes: choosing outdoor cultivars
- Tomatoes: choosing the right kind (bush vs vine)
- Tomatoes: growing
- Transplanting vegetables
- Weedkiller contaminated manure
- Vegetables for early spring
- Vegetables in winter
- Watering vegetables
Vegetable pests
- Aphids (blackfly, greenfly and others)
- Aphid predators
- Asparagus beetle
- Broad bean seed beetle
- Cabbage caterpillars
- Cabbage whitefly
- Capsid bugs
- Carrot fly
- Cats
- Flea beetles on brassicas
- Glasshouse leafhopper
- Glasshouse red spider mite
- Glasshouse whitefly
- Green shield bugs
- Leek moth
- Mealy cabbage aphid
- Pea moth
- Pigeons
- Pollen beetles
- Potato cyst eelworms
- Potato slug damage
- Rabbits
- Slugs
- Snails
- Squirrels
- Thrips
Vegetable diseases and other problems
- Blossom end rot
- Brassica downy mildew
- Brassica white blister
- Broad bean leaf diseases
- Curcurbits: common problems
- Leek rust
- Lettuce downy mildew
- Mint rust
- Onion white rot
- Onion downy mildew
- Onion neck rot
- Potato black scurf
- Potato blight
- Potato powdery scab
- Potato problems - rots
- Potato skin problems
- Runner and French bean problems
- Sclerotinia diseases
- Spinach problems
- Tomato blight
- Tomato leaf mould
- Tomato viruses
- Tomatoes: problems
Herbs
- Herbs (and salads): growing
- Herbs: growing in containers
- Herbs (and salads): growing in growing-bags
- Propagation
Flower garden
General
Annuals
- Hanging basket maintenance
- Hardy annuals
- Hardy annuals for sowing in autumn
- Propagating silver plants
- Sweet peas: problems
- pollen beetles
- Sweet peas: sowing and training
Perennials
- Bananas: cultivation
- Bananas, cannas, and tree ferns: overwintering
- Canna cultivation
- Cutting back perennials
- Dahlia flower balling
- Dahlias: overwintering
- Daylilies cultivation
- Deadheading
- Dividing perennials
- Eremurus: cultivation
- Grasses: cutting back and tidying up
- Grasses: dividing
- Grasses: Five good garden grasses
- Hardening off tender plants
- Hardy fern cultivation
- Hellebores: care of
- Hemerocallis cultivation
- Hostas: dividing
- Pelargoniums: overwintering
- Penstemon
- : cultivars for the garden
- Penstemon cuttings
- Penstemon pruning
- Propagating silver plants
- Propagating tender perennials
- Protecting tender perennials over winter
- Supporting perennials
Bulbous plants
- Agapanthus: growing in containers
- Agapanthus: non-flowering
- Alliums
- Autumn-flowering bulbs: selection and planting
- Bulb planting
- Bulbs for Christmas flowering
- Choosing and planting spring- and summer-flowering bulbs
- Crocosmia: division
- Daffodil blindness and poor flowering
- Dierama division
- Dierama cultivation
- English and Spanish bluebells
- Irises: dividing
- Lifting, drying and storing bulbs
- Lilies: propagation
- Lilies: growing in pots
- Naturalising bulbs
- Snowdrops: dividing
- Spring bulbs: cultivation and care
- Summer-flowering bulbs: selecting
- Tulip care
Pests
- Angle shades moth
- Ants
- Aphids (blackfly, greenfly and others)
- Aphid predators
- Capsid bugs
- Cats
- Cuckoo spit
- Deer-resisting plants
- Green shield bugs
- Earwigs
- Figwort weevils
- Foxes
- Glasshouse leafhopper
- Glasshouse red spider mite
- Hellebore pests
- Iris sawfly
- Leaf and bud eelworms
- Lily beetle
- Lupin aphid
- Michaelmas daisy mite
- Millipedes
- Mullein moth
- Narcissus eelworm
- Phlox eelworm
- Phormium mealybug
- Pollen beetles
- Rabbits
- Slugs
- Snails
- Squirrels
- Thrips
- Vine weevil
- Woodlice
Diseases and other problems
- Antirrhinum rust and other problems
- Bicoloured flowers
- Brassica white blister
- Canna viruses
- Chrysanthemum white rust
- Chrysanthemum problems
- Daffodil viruses
- Delphinium black blotch
- Fasciation
- Flower mutations (proliferation)
- Grey mould (Botrytis cinerea)
- Hellebore black death
- Hellebore leaf spot and root problems
- Impatiens necrotic spot virus
- Narcissus basal rot
- Narcissus leaf scorch
- Pansy downy mildew
- Pelargonium viruses
- Peony wilt
- Powdery mildews
- Primula leaf spot
- Saprophytic fungi
- Sclerotinia diseases
- Snowdrops: grey mould
- Sweet pea viruses
- Tulip fire
- Tulip viruses
Trees, shrubs, climbers, roses and hedges
Trees & shrubs
- Acacia pruning
- Acer palmatum cultivation
- Acer pruning
- Autumn colour
- Bamboo control
- Bamboo maintenance
- Birch (Betula) for winter interest
- Box (Buxus) growing
- Buying specimen trees
- Camellias: cultivation, pruning, propagation and problems
- Care of newly planted trees
- Ceanothus: growing as a wall shrub
- Cherries: acid
- Cherries: sweet
- Composting woody waste
- Daphne: growing and maintenance
- Distinguishing Philadelphus, Deutzia and Weigela
- Eucalyptus pruning
- Grease bands
- Hamamelis pruning
- Hydrangea growing
- Hydrangea pruning
- Lavender cuttings
- Lavender growing
- Magnolia summer pruning
- Magnolia seedling
- Mistletoe growing
- Moving established trees and shrubs
- Palms: hardy
- Penstemon pruning
- Plant establishment
- Planting tender trees
- Planting root-wrapped trees
- Planting trees at the right level
- Planting under trees
- Planting yew
- Propagating silver shrubs
- Renovating shrubs
- Rhododendron pruning
- Roses: choosing one for your garden
- Root pruning
- Rose growing in containers
- Rose planting
- Rosemary cuttings
- Shrub establishment
- Shrub renovation
- Shrubs: growing from seed
- Topiary training
- Trees and shrubs with attractive bark
- Tree establishment
- Tree planting, establishmnet and other problems relating to climate change
- Tree ferns
- Tree peonies
- Trees: choosing a tree surgeon
- Trees in containers
- Trees near buildings
- Tree Preservation Orders
- Trees: removing limbs
- Tree and shrub establishment
- Trees for small gardens
- Tree staking
- Tree stump removal
- Tree suckers
- Trees for wet soils
- Winter-flowering shrubs
- Walnut: pruning
- Yew: planting
Climbers
- Campsis: pruning
- Clematis: green flowers
- Clematis montana: pruning overgrown
- Climbers: training & pruning on planting
- Climbers/wall shrubs: pruning and training
- Climbers/wall shrubs: pruning overgrown
- Growing in containers
- Honeysuckle: pruning
- Propagation of climbers
- Wisteria: pruning and training including standards
Hedges
- Conifer hedges: pruning & trimming
- Conifer hedges: species
- Hedge laying
- Hedge planting
- High hedges
- Leyland cypress: pruning
- Pruning & trimming
- Renovating existing hedges
- Screening: plants for
- Selecting the best plants
- Yew: planting
Problems
- Acer leaf scorch
- Algae on leaves
- Aucuba blackening
- Brown patches on conifer hedges
- Camellia bud drop
- Camellia disorders
- Camellia leaf yellowing
- Camellia: non-flowering
- Garrya browning
- Horse chestnut problems
- Hydrangea problems
- Lichens on trees and shrubs
- Photinia leaf spot
- Renovating old shrubs
- Reversion of variegated foliage
- Reversion & sporting
- Rhododendron: non-flowering
- Rose balling
- Rose blindness
- Roses: flower mutation (proliferation)
- Rose sickness (replant disease)
- Shrubs: non flowering and fruiting
- Shrubs: non flowering in containers
- Sumach suckers
- Tree peony problems
- Trees and shrubs: brown leaves
- Trees: leaf problems
- Wind scorch on evergreens
- Wisteria: flower failure
Pests
- Angle shades moth
- Ants
- Aphids (blackfly, greenfly and others);
- Aphid predators
- Bay sucker
- Box sucker
- Brown scale
- Camellia cushion scale
- Capsid bug
- Cats
- Cherry blackfly
- Cuckoo spit
- Cypress aphid
- Deer-resisting plants
- Eucalyptus gall wasp
- Figwort weevils
- Fuchsia gall mite
- Glasshouse red spider mite
- Green shield bugs
- Green spruce aphid
- Hazel big bud mite
- Holly leaf miner
- Holm oak leaf-mining moth
- Horse chestnut scale
- Horse chestnut leaf-mining moth
- Hydrangea scale
- Knopper gall on oaks
- Leaf-cutting bees
- Leopard moth
- Lime nail gall mite
- Oak galls
- Oak Processionary Moth
- Pineapple gall adelgid on spruce trees
- Privet weevil
- Rabbits
- Rose aphids
- Rose leaf-rolling sawfly
- Rose large sawfly
- Rosemary beetle
- Sage leafhopper
- Scale insects
- Squirrels
- Thrips
- Viburnum beetle
- Viburnum whitefly
- Vine weevil
- Webber moths on cotoneaster
- Winter moth caterpillars
- Woolly beech aphid
Diseases
- Blossom wilt (of Prunus and related plants)
- Box blights
- Bracket fungi on standing trees
- Camellia gall
- Camellia leaf blight
- Camellia petal blight
- Camellia yellow mottle virus
- Clematis slime flux
- Clematis wilt
- Coral spot
- Cornus anthracnose
- Dutch elm disease
- Fireblight
- Grey mould (Botrytis cinerea)
- Holly leaf blight
- Honey fungus
- Horse chestnut bleeding canker
- Horse chestnut leaf blotch
- Leaf diseases of laurel
- Phytophthora bleeding canker
- Phytophthora ramorum
- Phytophthora root rots
- Powdery mildews
- Pyracantha scab
- Rhododendron bud blast
- Rhododendron diseases
- Rose blackspot
- Rose mildew
- Rose rust
- Silver leaf
- Top rots
- Verticillium wilt
Glasshouse, conservatory and house plants
- Artificial lighting
- Biological controls
- Buying houseplants
- Christmas cactus flowering
- Christmas-flowering houseplants
- Christmas trees
- Citrus plants - general cultivation
- Citrus plant problems
- Clivia cultivation
- Cold frames and mini-greenhouses
- Fruiting of Stephanotis floribunda
- Gardenia bud drop
- Greenhouse alternatives
- Greenhouse choosing and setting up
- Greenhouse cleaning
- Greenhouse heaters
- Greenhouse ventilation and shading
- Greenhouse insulation
- Growing fruit under glass
- Growing on seedlings and plug plants
- Growing edibles in your greenhouse
- Growing prepared hyacinths for Christmas
- Haemanthus cultivation
- Hardy Cyclamen cultivation
- Hippeastrum cultivation
- Houseplant care
- Houseplant holiday care
- Houseplant winter care
- Indoor climbers
- Indoor hyacinths - non-flowering
- Making a Christmas wreath
- Mandevilla cultivation
- Medinilla cultivation
- Orchids - growing Cymbidium and Phalaenopsis
- Orchids - growing Odontoglossum and Paphiopedilum
- Overwintering plants in conservatories
- Poinsettias
- Pollination of glasshouse crops
- Shading glasshouses and conservatories
- Streptocarpus problems
- Weeping fig leaf fall
Pests
- Ants
- Aphids (blackfly, greenfly and others)
- Aphid predators
- Brown scale
- Camellia cushion scale
- Citrus pests
- Fuchsia gall mite
- Glasshouse leafhopper
- Glasshouse red spider mite
- Glasshouse whitefly
- Leaf and bud eelworms
- Mealybugs
- Root mealybugs
- Scale insects
- Slugs
- Snails
- Springtails
- Thrips
- Vine weevil
- Woodlice
Diseases
Lawns and meadows
- Autumn lawn care
- Dealing with leaves
- How to mow a lawn
- Lawns from seed or turf
- Mowing techniques
- Naturalising bulbs
- Spring and summer lawn care
- Wildflower meadows - sowing
- Wildflower meadows - maintenance
Problems
- Algae on lawns
- Coarse grasses in lawns
- Dead patches on lawns
- Field woodrush
- Lawns during drought
- Lawns in shade
- Lichen and algae
- Liverworts
- Mind-your-own-business (Soleirolia soleirolii)
- Moss control
- Repairing a patchy lawn
- Reinforcing turf
- Speedwell in lawns
- Toadstools
- Waterlogged lawn action plan
- Weed control
- Weeds in autumn-sown lawns
- Yarrow
Pests
Fungi
- Fairy rings
- Slime moulds in turf
- Various fungal diseases - snow mould, red thread, leaf spots, take-all patch
Containers
- Agapanthus: growing
- Container maintenance
- Containers in winter
- Fruit for pots
- Non-flowering container shrubs
- Olives in containers
- Peat-free growing media
- Planting up tubs and containers
- Roses in containers
- Slow-release fertiliser 'eggs' (pellets)
- Summer containers
- Trees in containers
- Vegetables in containers
- Water-retaining granules
- Windowboxes and troughs
- Winter containers
- Winter hanging baskets
Pests
- Ants
- Aphids (blackfly, greenfly and others)
- Aphid predators
- Glasshouse leafhopper
- Glasshouse red spider mite
- Glasshouse whitefly
- Leaf-cutting bees
- Mealybugs
- Root mealybugs
- Slugs
- Snails
- Springtails in container-grown plants
- Vine weevil
Diseases
Problems
Ponds
- Algae in ponds
- Aquatic weeds
- Bog gardens
- Encouraging amphibians into your garden
- Planting aquatic plants
- Pond care
- Pond cleaning
- Pond filters
- Pond plant propagation
- Preventing ponds from freezing
- Repairing leaky ponds
- Summer maintenance
- Waterlilies
- Wildlife ponds
Pests
Garden design, construction and plant selection
- Attractive seed pods
- Bog gardens
- Buying specimen trees
- Creating a gravel garden
- Creating and maintaining living structures
- Cultivating a new-build garden
- Drought-resistant gardening
- Front Gardens - Are we parking on our gardens? Do driveways cause flooding?
- Garden furniture maintenance
- Garden lighting: effects on wildlife
- Gravel gardens
- Groundcover fabrics for weed suppression
- Hiring contractors
- Making the most of small gardens
- Moving plants in and out of the European Union
- Pergolas and arbours
- Permeable hard landscaping
- Planning a border for cut flowers
- Plants for an arbour
- Plants for dry corners and beds
- Revitalising an over-mature border
- Roof gardens and balconies
- Safe use of electricity in the garden
- Solar-powered lighting
- Sources of information on garden design
- Starting an allotment
- Selecting plants for purchasing
- Using annual climbers
Environmental problems and plant disorders
- Assessing your garden's microclimate
- Biodegradable pots
- Drought-resistant gardening
- Drought-resisting plants
- Dry corners and beds
- Freezing weather & waterlogging
- Frost damage
- Installing drainage
- Irrigation
- Magnesium deficiency
- Nutrient deficiencies
- Oedema
- Plant nutrition
- Preventing winter damage
- Shade: planting solutions
- Shelter: techniques for creating and improving
- Water - using, saving and collecting
- Watering
- Waterlogging
- Waterlogging: aftercare
- Water softening and acidifying
Weeds
- Applying spot weedkillers and stump killers
- Applying weedkillers with a sprayer
- Groundcover fabrics for weed suppression
- Using weedkillers safely and effectively
- Algae, moss and lichens on trees and paths
- Annual weed control
- Bamboo control
- Bindweed
- Brambles, nettles and thistles
- Celandine
- Common ragwort
- Couch grass
- Field horsetail (mare's tail)
- Field woodrush
- Garden invaders
- Giant hogweed
- Ground elder
- Himalayan balsam
- Invasive non-native plants
- Ivy on buildings
- Japanese knotweed
- Lawn weed control
- Lichens
- Liverworts
- Mind-your-own-business (Soleirolia soleirolii)
- Moss control
- Oxalis
- Perennial weed control
- Slippery surfaces
- Weedkiller damage
- Winter heliotrope
- Woody weeds
- Yarrow in lawns
Soils
- Building soil fertility
- Buying topsoil
- Caliente mustard: use as a biofumigant
- Clay soils
- Composting woody waste
- Cultivation
- Double digging
- Earthworms
- Green manuring
- Leafmould
- Lime and liming soils
- Liverworts
- Making compost and compost heaps
- Mulches and mulching
- Nutrient deficiencies
- Peat-free growing media
- Peat-free composts: making a choice
- Plant nutrition
- Pre-warming soil
- Raised beds
- Soil sickness
- Soil type, pH and soil improvement
- Using wood ash
- Watering
- Worm composting
Propagation and planting
Seeds
- Autumn sown perennial seeds
- Collecting and storing seeds
- Creating a propagation environment
- Germinating tree seeds
- Growing on seedlings and plug plants
- Growing shrubs from seed
- Pre-warming soil
- Sowing seeds indoors
- Sowing Himalayan poppies
Cuttings
Other methods
- Chip budding
- Division of Crocosmia and Dierama
- Ferns from spores
- Grafting fruit trees
- Grafting ornamentals
- Layering plants
- Propagating using suckers
- T-budding
- Tip layering blackberries
- Propagating bulbs
- Propagating climbers
- Propagating conifers
- Propagating herbs
- Propagating ivy
- Propagating roses
- Propagating tender plants
- Hardening off
Problems
Pruning
- Acacia
- Acers
- Apple trees
- Apples and pears: new trees
- Bleeding from pruning cuts
- Cloud pruning
- Coppicing
- Broom
- Campsis
- Choosing a tree surgeon
- Clematis
- Clematis montana: overgrown
- Climbers/wall shrubs: overgrown
- Cornus
- Eucalyptus
- Grapes
- Grapes: summer and thinning
- Hamamelis
- Hedges: renovating
- Hedges: trimming
- Honeysuckle
- Hybrid berries
- Hydrangea
- Magnolia: summer pruning
- Ornamental trees
- Penstemon
- Plums
- Pollarding
- Pruning tools
- Pyracantha for berries
- Rhododendron
- Roses
- Roses: climbing
- Roses: cluster-flowered (floribundas)
- Roses: overgrown
- Roses: rambling
- Roses: shrub
- Root pruning
- Shrubs: early-flowering
- Shrubs: evergreen
- Shrubs: pruning for stems, foliage, and flowers
- Shrubs: renovating
- Shrubs: summer-flowering
- Shrubs: winter-flowering
- Topiary
- Trees: removing limbs
- Walnut
- Willow
- Wisteria
Garden wildlife
- Awakening after winter
- Encouraging amphibians into your garden
- Encouraging birds into your garden
- Encouraging moths into your garden
- Encouraging wildlife into your garden
- Gardens and biodiversity
- Garden lighting: effects on wildlife
- Ground beetles
- Native caterpillars
- Plants for encouraging bees
- Plants for encouraging birds
- Plants for encouraging butterflies
- Protecting bird nests
- Providing water for wildlife
- Wild flowers in the garden (Conservation & the Environment leaflet)
- Wildlife in gardens (Conservation & the Environment leaflet)
- Wildlife ponds
General
- Fertiliser labels explained
- Front Gardens - Are we parking on our gardens? Do driveways cause flooding?
- Garden security
- Getting children interested in plants
- Harvesting wild mushrooms
- Hiring contractors
- Home nursery
- Importing plants from abroad
- Invasive non-native plants
- Pesticide labels explained
- Pesticides: changes in legislation explained
- Pesticides: disposing of old chemicals
- Pesticides: list of recently withdrawn chemicals
- Pesticides: using safely
- Plant hybrids: understanding
- Plants that may cause irritation or allergic reactions
- Safe use of electricity in the garden
- Selecting the right pruning tool
- Toadstools damaging tarmac
- Toadstools in the garden
- Watering plants and gardens; water saving and using