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Summer success with Perennials
Simon Rickard explains how to succeed with perennials and grasses in summer and why spring-focused gardens invariably disappoint.
How to grow Zinnias
Zinnias are hardy and easy to grow and keep you in stunning flowers through the hot summer season.
Why are Australian summer gardens so disappointing?
Clive Blazey explains the Australian flower summer garden.
Cutting Summer Perennials
Clive Blazey explains how to get twice as many flowers from the same perennials.
Warm Season Crops
There is a wonderful array of summer loving vegetables that thrive with the long days, sunshine and heat of summer.
Create a Summer Flowering Perennial Border
Julie Willis creates Heronswood’s summer perennial border and explains its subtleties.
The best flower selection for your summer garden
Clive Blazey, author of ‘The Complete Guide to the Flower Garden’, discusses the power of intelligent combination.
How to drought proof your garden
Even though vegetable crops are thirsty, growing your own is possible without scrimping on water.
Maximising yield by summer pruning fruit trees
Julian Blackhirst explains the essentials to improve yields from your orchard.