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Prune your Japanese maple after leaf fall and before January, while it’s fully dormant. Here’s the timing, the cuts and the potted-acer routine, cultivar by cultivar.
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The best time to move plants in a UK garden is the dormant season: late October to mid March for deciduous shrubs, trees and roses, October or late March for evergreens, and early autumn or spring for most herbaceous perennials. Move on a calm, overcast day, lift as large a root ball as you can carry, and replant at the same depth on the same day.
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Fertile soil is the enemy of a good wildflower meadow. Here’s how to choose the right mix for your London garden, when to sow it, and the one cut a year that keeps it coming back.
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Fewer, larger pots grouped in odd numbers, stepped heights and a clear floor: how to arrange pots in a small garden so it looks designed rather than cluttered. Layouts for courtyards, roof terraces, balconies and side returns, plus the materials, compost and watering routine that keep a container garden going.
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A little colour and cold-hardy structure for December to February. Hellebores, magenta winter heath and evergreen Bergenia and Heuchera all carry a London border through the coldest months — plus how to protect pots, mulch borderline crowns, and know what's worth reviving once the frost lifts.
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Stone, terracotta, polystone, fibre-clay, metal or plastic — the right planter material depends on your space, not just your style. Here's how each performs against London's frost, wind and wet-dry cycles, and which suits a balcony, roof terrace or front step.
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Hardy perennials, evergreen shrubs and ground cover that establish once and perform every year after — our pick of the best low-maintenance plants for a border in full sun, deep shade or clay soil.
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Here are our top 15 gardening jobs for September.
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