Garden Answers is a vibrant and inspiring gardening magazine filled with ingenious design ideas and exciting plant combinations guaranteed to make your garden beautiful.
Meet the Contributors • “This month in the garden I’ll be...”
Welcome
Celebrate HARMONY • This sun-loving trio are just the thing for high summer sizzle, providing shape and texture among grasses for a tapestry of colour
SUMMER PUNCH
Moroccan magic • Create an exotic air with kasbah-style treasures
Gardeners
Tudor garden discovered near Birmingham
Wish list • Salmon-pink, gold and apricot will warm up summer borders
30-minute makes Plant a picture
Discover a New You, at Kew!
WIN NEW PAINT COLOURS FROM THORNDOWN!
WHAT IS FOREST BATHING?
Picnic at the Palace
COMPOST BAGS TO BE RECYCLED
Colourful foliage quiz • Can you correctly identify these six plants with colourful leaves? Answers on page 14
What’s on...
Hard day’s night for beetles
BAMBOO ON THE RUN
Gardener’s BOOKSHELF
QUIZ ANSWERS
Create a tag-team colour scheme • Enjoy a dazzling succession of colour-themed flowers and foliage all year round. Naomi Slade offers some failsafe ideas
Enjoy the BELLS OF SUMMER • The common name of ‘beard tongues’ belies the beauty of sun-loving penstemons, which flower right into autumn. Sue Fisher offers her expert advice
Our pick of the best
How to get best results
July • Make time to water, tidy and stake plants this month, and plan for late-season colour. We also have advice on how to photograph your garden at its perfect summer peak
LIFT AND DIVIDE BEARDED IRIS • It’s worth lifting and dividing bearded iris every three to five years to keep plants healthy and increase your stocks.
ADD LATE-SEASON GLAMOUR • Extend the season with some late-summer flowers that keep going into October
Don’t forget...
Improve your GARDEN PHOTOS • Take the perfect picture every time
JUST ADD ORANGE... • Daring semi-cactus dahlias steal the show in this sizzling summer confection
MAKE THE DISPLAY LAST
“Our garden is a magical mix of planting” • Tropical paradise meets English cottage idyll in this unusual garden. Paul and Val Guppy share its story
IN THE GARDEN WITH…
“I’m an extrovert with colour” • Playful ideas and rainbow colours feature in this quirky plant-filled garden. Owner Peter Robinson tells its story
IN THE GARDEN WITH…
“Our hillside plot is full of surprises” • Roses and geraniums create a pastel-powered planting scheme in this sloping garden. Owner Brenda Harvey treats us to a tour
IN THE GARDEN WITH…
“Reds don’t have to look gloomy” • Scarlet flowers and purple foliage dial up the drama at Crathes Castle. Chris Wardle explains how to get the look
Get the look
Celebrate the beauty of beetles • These nocturnal stars of the insect world devour pests and tidy up organic debris. Adrian Thomas indulges in a little beetlemania
What is a beetle?
THE FAB FIVE
MAKE BEETLES WELCOME
Rogues’ gallery
WILDLIFE GARDEN JOBS FOR JULY
REDISCOVER Beetroot • After years marooned in a vinegary wilderness, this unfussy stalwart is enjoying a renaissance. Helen Billiald explains how to grow and cook with beetroot
Six of the best...
SOWING BEETROOT MODULES
Easy recipe
BEETROOT TROUBLESHOOTER
Or try these...
Carrot marmalade
Grow gorgeous garnishes!
Successional SOWING • What to sow, when to harvest, expert tips and larder projects
Myth buster
July planner • What to sow and when to harvest
Prune...