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Garden Answers is a vibrant and inspiring gardening magazine filled with ingenious design ideas and exciting plant combinations guaranteed to make your garden beautiful.

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Celebrate SPRING’S ZING • Abundant tulips in sparkling white, sunshine yellow and wine purple bring an energy that makes this spring scene positively bounce

Be inspired by... • Plants, books, events & buys for the month ahead

New royal garden for new climate

Prettiest pastels • Cottage garden accessories in strawberry & cream shades

Wish list • Unusual spring bulbs to bookmark for autumn planting

Spring has sprung • Can you identify these lovely plants, whose cultivar names all contain the word ‘spring’? Answers overleaf

Cottage COMBINATIONS • By mixing and matching spring perennials, Val Bourne creates a garden that’s full of early delights

IN THE Pink • Louise Curley chooses 10 plants with rosy foliage, often at its most vibrant in spring

BURGEONING BLOSSOMS • Abundant tree blossoms are a much-anticipated spring delight for gardeners and pollinators. Sue Fisher chooses her top crab apples for flowers and fruit

Spring • There’s plenty to do at the start of the season, from planting and sowing to pruning and feeding

LAST CHANCE PRUNING • Early spring is the time to get on top of some final pruning jobs before the growing season ramps up.

LIFTAND DIVIDE LATE PERENNIALS • Spring division is best for slightly tender late-flowering perennials

It’s time to take DAHLIA CUTTINGS • Produce even more plants from a single tuber to boost your display

Plant colour pops of PINK AND LIME • A border fizzing with zingy green spring foliage and dusky purple heuchera is set alight with bright and elegant tulips

Bringing it all to life • Adrian Thomas suggests myriad ways to green-up lifeless parts of your garden, for you and for wildlife

10 TOP TIPS FOR WILDLIFE CONTAINER GARDENING • Almost anything can be grown in a pot, but they do need a little bit of extra TLC to keep them happy and healthy. Follow these hints for the best chance of success:

Small garden special • Ways to make even the tiniest plot into a lush haven that’s your outdoor pride and joy

“Everything is so fresh and full of promise” • Filled with immaculate hand-built structures with gothic flourishes, Rutland’s Lord Lieutenant’s garden is a hidden gem of extraordinary craftsmanship

“It’s very important to think outside the box” • A visit to this artists’ garden in north London reveals how their playful and creative talents have made a cheery, fun-filled space

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SPILLING OVER WITH SUNSHINE • Hosts of daffodils of every shape and colour welcome you at the National Trust Saltram’s Lime Avenue

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Life on the VEG PATCH • Alice Whitehead senses spring is in the air this month – but still recommends caution!

Growing AUBERGINES • With plenty of warmth, light and water, aubergines make an elegant and tasty crop

GROWING TIPS

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Design Solutions

COVER UPS & TOOL BELTS • Geoff Hodge profiles the range of garden aprons and wearable tool carriers available

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GREAT-VALUE PLUG PLANTS • Choose from our vibrant mix of superb-value plug plants and buy any two trays of 40 plants and get 40 plug plants free!

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