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AROUND THE GARDEN WHAT TO DO NOW | MAY WATCH videos and get seasonal tips at Gardeners World.com/may-jobs Add cane toppers Protect your eyes by putting toppers on canes and supports that are below eye level and could be potentially dangerous if you bend over to weed, pick veg or cut flowers. You can buy basic cane toppers that just cover the tip to make it soft or more visible, or you could be creative and use small pots or bottles, snail shells or moulded shapes. Buy pot-grown lilies now, choosing sturdy plants with lots of flower buds, and plant them in a sunny spot Plant lilies into gaps in borders Add extra colour and scent to your of earlier-flowering peonies, lupins VISIT GardenersWorld. Put toppers on canes to avoid borders by planting pot-grown lilies or irises would be ideal. accidentally injuring yourself in any gaps. Lilies look best when com/grow-lilies for more they’re flowering above the lower Plant them deep and improve the advice on growing lilies foliage of other border plants, so drainage in heavy soil so they last a spot in full sun between clumps for years. Lilies will flower from late June until the end of the summer. Beechgrove Open the lid Don’t forget P of cold frames during the day n Repot and root prune any to allow air to containerised clematis circulate and that have outgrown help get your their current pots plants used to cooler outdoor n Water dahlias regularly temperatures while hardening them off WORDS: MAIRI RATTRAY; ROSIE YEOMANS BEECHGROVE GARDEN VIEW FROM BEECHGROVE n Install any required PHOTOS: SARAH CUTTLE/WREST PARK; JASON INGRAM Catch up with the Beechgrove posts, frames and team on Thursdays in Scotland and Harden off half-hardy plants supports in veg beds Sundays nationwide. before planting out Check TV listings May frosts still threaten, so our half-hardy plants won’t be planted out until early for full details. June. It’s crucial to harden them off first, for optimum ongoing growth. Wind is also n Plant up hanging baskets, their great enemy, as their delicate leaves are so far accustomed only to the calm then protect from wind May 2022 warmth of a greenhouse. For us, hardening off takes up to three weeks. We put and frost until June young plants into unheated cold frames with the lids down initially (and always at night), then open the frames slightly in the day. As the days progress, we open n Sow runner beans them for longer, until fully opened in the latter stages and slightly ajar on mild nights. outdoors in the latter part of this month GardenersWorld.com 151

AROUND THE GARDEN Don’t forgetWHAT TO DO NOW | MAY Check that the hole is the same depth as the pot before planting n Trim evergreen hedges PHOTOS: SARAH CUTTLE/WREST PARK; PAUL DEBOIS and topiary to give them Add ferns to neat, straight edges a shady spot n Keep on top of perennial Improve a shady corner of your garden weeds by removing them or an area under shrubs by planting as soon as you spot them some ferns. There’s a wide range to choose from, either deciduous or n Apply granular lawn feed evergreen, and they mix well with when rain is imminent shade-loving flowering plants too. n Set up a drip irrigation Ferns do best in humus-rich soil, system for easy, efficient so fork in plenty of garden compost or watering of patio pots leafmould. Soak the plant beforehand, then dig a hole that’s the same depth n Sow biennial seeds as the pot. Loosen the roots gently such as wallflowers if congested, place the plant in the and sweet Williams hole, then backfill and firm in. Water again and mulch with more compost. VISIT GardenersWorld. WATCH videos and get com/sow-seeds for more sowing and growing tips tips on ferns at Gardeners World.com/grow-ferns If you can’t pull the sucker away, cut it off below ground level Remove suckers from roses Roses have a tendency to produce them before they take over. To do vigorous shoots known as suckers this, hold the sucker near the base near the base, coming from the and give it a sharp tug away from roots. On grafted plants like roses, the main stem. If it doesn’t come suckers look very different from the away, then use secateurs, cutting usual growth and are generally much as low down as you can, but be more vigorous, so it’s best to remove prepared for some regrowth. Green up an old wall by planting alpines such as arabis in any gaps Plant alpines Rake the soil surface in bare patches, sprinkle with lawn seed and water in Next month into your wall Improve a sparse or patchy lawn n Water and feed your Add rock plants and alpines to the hanging baskets crevices in walls, where they will If your lawn is looking patchy, now into, but firm underneath so it cascade down to soften the brickwork is a good time to sow grass seed to doesn’t settle and form dips. Water n Add exotic plants and turn it into a lovely early flowering repair bare areas and thicken up the before sowing if the soil is dry. to your garden feature in the garden. Alpines do sward. First, scratch into the soil best in full sun and planted into surface where the grass is sparse, Scatter the lawn seed onto the n Feed roses for better free-draining, poor soil, so cracks using a wire rake. The soil needs to surface, then cover with netting quality flowers in walls are ideal for them. be crumbly and fine enough to sow or fleece for a couple of weeks to keep birds away until it germinates. n Sow more salad crops Try plants like the arabis and for a constant supply aubrieta. Pink erigeron will flower all summer, phlox and creeping thyme n Start a crop of sweetcorn work well too. Use a dibber to press plants into the cracks and put some May 2022 moist compost over the roots. 152 GardenersWorld.com

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Q&AYour questions answered This month Edited by Emma Crawforth 157 Gardeners’ Question Time The BBC Radio 4 experts answer this month’s pick of readers’ queries, including: K Protecting veg seedlings from pests K Controlling algae in a wildlife pond K Fragrant climbers for a sunny spot Plant spacing TOP TIP Follow plant dimension Spacing is important for plant welfare and performance and spacing instructions and worth considering every time you sow seeds or plant out. It’s on labels and use string, easy to get wrong because it’s hard to believe how much a tiny canes and rulers to give seedling or plug plant will grow. The ‘rules’ are based on three your plants enough room. fundamentals – gardeners’ convenience, basic plant needs and ultimate size. Starting with the first, you need access to your plants. Widely spaced rows enable you to get in and pick, while there should always be enough room to fit in the blade of a long-handled hoe for weed control. When sowing seeds, imagine your difficulty thinning or pricking out tiny seedlings growing too close together. Each plant needs enough light, water, air, nutrients and support to grow, and good spacing ensures these. Seedlings that are too close together weaken, as they all stretch towards the light, but well-spaced seedlings exposed to gentle breezes form sturdy stems. Air movement is also crucial for reducing fungal problems. So do follow spacing instructions and measure as you sow and plant, for results to make you proud. PHOTOS: SARAH CUTTLE; PAUL DEBOIS Emma Crawforth, Gardening Editor Q Why should row GardenersWorld.com 155 spacing be wider than plant spacing? Phil Parslow, by email A EMMA SAYS This advice for your onions gives access for weeding, feeding and watering, which are trickier if rows are very close together. In a raised bed you can space them in blocks instead of rows and reach over the bed. WATCH video guides and get tips on how to deal with problems in the garden at GardenersWorld.com/problems Contact us Email your questions to Q&[email protected] or write to us at the address on p161. May 2022

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Q&Agardeners’ question time GGardQenersT’ Question TimeOur experts tackle your gardening problems, including screening fences and trellises, keeping veg beds pest-free and pond care Bob Christine Matt Flowerdew Walkden Biggs Bob is an organic Garden writer Matt trained at gardener and has Christine appears on Kew and has BBC1’s The One Show. designed his garden She is also a lecturer been gardening to produce lots of veg, and tour leader. professionally for fruit and cut flowers. more than 30 years. Q Can you suggest plants for Q Are roses and hydrangeas affected soggy clay soil to screen a fence? by similar problems? Gary Llewellyn, by email or obelisks – golden Thunbergia Salix alba vitellina ‘Yelverton’ Mary Connor, by email alata, dark purple Rhodochiton doesn’t mind getting its feet wet A MATT SAYS In challenging atrosanguineus, Lablab purpureus A CHRISTINE SAYS Your photos ‘Ruby Moon’, with purple blooms A BOB SAYS It’s hard to conditions, it is worth deciding followed by deep purple pods, reveal two different problems. whether you can sidestep rather or Ipomoea lobata, with red and recommend many suitable Your hydrangeas are suffering than confront a problem. If you cream flowers, or red Ipomoea plants for such a situation, from nutrient deficiencies. This grow climbers in pots, it’s easier quamoclit are all good options. though some cornus, salix and can be rectified by applying a to access your fence when it Underplant with summer annuals, elders might work. You probably liquid seaweed food, which needs painting. The pots and such as blue ageratum, semi- ought to install a soakaway to contains iron. Follow the plants will become a feature, trailing Begonia ‘Glowing Embers’, ensure heavy rains don’t make manufacturer’s instructions and you can install a drip irrigation coleus or bicoloured Nemesia this more than an inconvenience. concerning repeat applications. system for watering. ‘Aroma Rhubarb and Custard’ You live in a new-build so the soggy to make the most of the spot. area may have been compacted The rose is suffering from Summer bedding is always by builders. Correcting this, at rose black spot, which is difficult cheerful: train climbers up tripods least in part, should solve any to control if other roses in the slow percolation. Peel back turf area are also infected. Remove all Rhodochiton Q&A from the bottom end of your lawn, fallen leaves and dispose of them atrosanguineus TEAM dig out soil and remove all the (though not in the compost heap), makes an effective ANSWER builders’ rubbish you may unearth. as spores will overwinter on them, screen, but plant it Dig as deep and wide a trench as which can allow reinfection. in a pot to ensure fSocrraaereseonaginggy you can, fork up the bottom, add good drainage a layer of stones and gravel, Mulch the soil around the roses return the soil and re-lay turf. and prune annually. Modern If you don’t correct the varieties tend to resist black spot PHOTOS: PAUL DEBOIS; SARAH CUTTLE, RHS WISLEY, SURREY waterlogging, I suggest screening better than older ones. plants in pots. Choose annuals such as sweet peas, nasturtiums, Treat nutrient deficiencies in cobaea and thunbergia. hydrangeas with liquid seaweed Month 2020 GardenersWorld.com 157

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Q&Agardeners’ question time Q Do you have any tips on how to look after this patio quince tree we’ve been given? This quince would benefit from a Christine, by email container if grafted on dwarfing Cutworm caterpillars are the bigger pot holding more moisture roots but, even so, I would larvae of many types of moths A BOB SAYS You don’t say consider your container far too Q Can you suggest a modest. Quinces need plenty Q Pests have eaten scented climber for where you live – this is important of compost, not so much for the all my veg seedlings. a west-facing trellis? because quinces are seldom fertility, but for holding on to What can I do? happy away from the warmer moisture (and the time you will Jo Chambers, Bristol southern half of the UK. So move save on watering it). Pam Newton, by email the tree to a sunnier spot. Wind is A CHRISTINE SAYS Try less a problem than stagnant air Transfer the patio tree into as A MATT SAYS Horticultural as that may promote mildew. large a container as you can Trachelospermum asiaticum or handle, filled with John Innes No.3 fleece creates a useful barrier T. jasminoides, a honeysuckle Quinces are moisture-loving potting compost. Though, saying against airborne pests, such such as Lonicera periclymenum and, as with other plants, will that, it would be happier planted as whitefly, carrot fly, aphids ‘Graham Thomas’ or sweet peas certainly drop fruitlets if ever dry out if you have space. Feed and pigeons, but it can’t stop sown or planted each year. at the roots. They can only be regularly and prune minimally. ground-dwelling pests or those that suitable for ‘patio’ growing in a are already established in the bed. When planting, add plenty of compost, well-rotted manure Celeriac crowns grow above ground and need to be kept well watered If you are certain it is not slugs, or leafmould to improve the the caterpillars of several different water-holding ability of the soil. Q How deep should I plant moths, called cutworms, could out celeriac plugs? be the problem. You can find Honeysuckle caterpillars at any time of year, PHOTOS: GETTY/VINISOUZA128/500PX, TAMARA_KULIKOVA; will thrive on a Valerie Grant, by email almost standing a little proud. As so regularly poke around the SARAH CUTTLE, HAMPTON COURT VEGETABLE GARDEN; PAUL DEBOIS west-facing trellis this swells, many advise removing affected plants to find them and A BOB SAYS With celeriac, the the oldest leaves, however it’s remove by hand. Q Please can you more important to feed and water identify this plant? edible part is the swollen base regularly and generously, never Birds, ladybirds, wasps and below the leaf stalks and this must allowing it to dry out. ground beetles are their natural Gryff6, by email rest on the surface of the soil, predators. Keep your crops well-watered and weed-free, use A BOB SAYS It is one of the huge Carex pendula is an evergreen Q Which silver birch biological-control nematodes and grass that forms large clumps suits a small garden? cover with fleece in summer. number of species of sedge, which are grass-like plants usually Linda, by email Schizophragma hydrangeoides found in moist situations. The ‘Roseum’ is a vigorous climber long, thin flowering heads indicate A CHRISTINE SAYS Betula utilis this is probably Carex pendula, Q How do I make my though likely a cultivated form. jacquemontii ‘Trinity College’ is schizophragma flower? slow growing with a slender growth habit, bright white bark and rich- Tom Powis, by email yellow autumn colour. Silver birches like most soils, but do not A MATT SAYS It needs a frost- reach their full potential on chalk. free spot in dappled or part-shade and some moisture at the roots as it’s a woodland plant. Feed in spring with liquid tomato fertiliser or sulphate of potash. Avoid high-nitrogen feeds. Prune in spring as it flowers on new growth. May 2022 GardenersWorld.com 159

Q How should Q Can you identify which insect is using the I discourage ants clump base of my phormium as a nursery? in a raised bed? Ronwen Reid, North Wales insecticide is not often achieved, Try biological-control methods on Elliot Lane, West Yorkshire I would use a biological-control mealybugs rather than insecticides A CHRISTINE SAYS What you method on such a population. A BOB SAYS Ants are a mixed Obtain the ladybird Cryptolaemus are seeing is typical of the montrouzieri from a biological blessing. They undermine plants, difficult-to-control pest mealybug. insect supplier (found online) and which may then fail to prosper. This is a small, hairy insect up to follow the instructions to the They also deposit detritus and soil 7mm long, which is covered by letter. The ladybird needs high from their tunnelling, which can white, waxy fibres that give it an temperatures so tends only to be coat, cover, even bury plants. almost waterproof covering. This successful between May and Ants most certainly milk and makes the use of insecticides September. If the plant is heavily protect aphids and other pests difficult, as wetting the mealybug infected, it may be better in the and are thought to overwinter becomes impossible. long term to dispose of it. some pests to reintroduce. Since good control using an On the plus side, their cocoons are a major food source for green Q Which plants can be used woodpeckers; ant hills are to conceal a pond liner? necessary for some butterfly species (often blues) to survive Control algae in a wildlife pond by Doug Kennedy, West Sussex helianthemum, the evergreen over winter, and their spoil heaps removing it regularly by hand sun rose, or bergenias, such as add fertility to the soil. A MATT SAYS Grow ground big, bold ‘Bressingham Ruby’. Q What natural You can also buy nematodes substance can I use cover to soften the edges. If the In the water, try marginals, to water onto ant nests as a to reduce algae? area is damp, consider Gunnera such as Alisma plantago-aquatica biocontrol, in the same way as hamiltonii, a diminutive, evergreen with fresh green leaves and you would control slugs or vine Clare Short, by email with heart-shaped, leathery small white flowers, and weevils. You can also kill off leaves, or G. magellanica, which Anemopsis californica with cream, nests organically with copious A CHRISTINE SAYS is evergreen in mild winters. If it’s honey-scented flowers in summer. amounts of boiling water. dry, Campanula portenschlagiana, Caltha palustris will grow on Dealing with algae in a pond with its mauve bell-like shallow shelves, as will elegant, Spoil from an ant hill will fertilise can be difficult, but I wonder flowers, will flourish. Also try pink Hesperantha coccinea. soil, but may cover plants if this is the actual problem as you mention using barley straw, Q&A Q Does Chamaecyparis Aquaplancton and also physically lawsoniana ‘Snow removing the weed. This would HOT White’ need feeding? normally be effective, so I wonder TOPIC if what you are trying to eradicate J Fowler, by email is not algae at all. Ponds A MATT SAYS This is a I would suggest that you take Anemopsis californica is a marginal with large sweet-scented flowers PHOTOS: TIM SANDALL; JASON INGRAM; SARAH CUTTLE; GETTY/ANDREW WAUGH; PAUL DEBOIS a sample of the problem to a slow-growing dwarf conifer, which specialist water garden supplier looks as though it’s been dusted and ask them what it is. You with snow. It doesn’t need feeding then will be able to get on top unless the soil is very poor. In this of the situation. The number of case, feed with slow-release, oxygenators, marginals, deep temperature-controlled fertiliser marginals, floating plants and in spring; otherwise, simply mulch water lilies should relate to the around the base of the plant with surface area of the pond, so well-rotted compost in spring advice from the specialist or when the soil is moist. looking this up online may ensure that you have the correct pond balance. Sometimes, adding water snails can help. 160 GardenersWorld.com May 2022

Q&A Q Is there a way of ridding my lemon tree Ripe for of scale organically? It keeps coming back! picking Kerry Brazier, by email inadvertently help to distribute Woods and hedgerows are great places to find them, so drench your cloth in wild food and connect with nature. Here’s the A BOB SAYS Wiping off the soapy water to mop them up. Woodland Trust’s guide on what to pick now Then remove the top layers of scales is one way, but the compost on which many will have This is the perfect season to try foraging and give your food a difficulty is that you only need dropped, and wipe over pots and seasonal boost – but do follow the foraging guidelines found miss one for it to multiply. Each supports and ties. at woodlandtrust.org.uk. You should forage responsibly and scale is a minute sap sucker. sustainably, and always take a good guide with you. If you’re in any When young, they’re tiny and Repeat this cleaning regime doubt about a plant’s identity, don’t pick it. Here are four easy to often go unnoticed under leaves. regularly to stop scale infestations identify edible plants to look for... continuing. But be vigilant – scale As they grow larger, their shells affects a wide range of plants, harden. From underneath these, so do investigate and clean other white powdery masses of eggs plants nearby, particularly any ripen and reinfect your plant. that have become sickly. When wiping off scales you might Meticulous cleaning helps get rid of citrus scale (Coccus hesperidum) BRAMBLE LEAVES WILD GARLIC (Allium ursinum) (Rubus fruticosus) Wild garlic often grows in dense Q Which compost is best You’ve picked blackberries, but clusters on woodland floors and for repotting bromeliads? did you know bramble leaves are along shaded hedgerows in edible too? Look for long, rambling, England and Wales. The leaves Mike Nordqvist, by email thorny stems. The green, tender appear as early as February and leaves can be picked from April are best picked before the flowers A CHRISTINE SAYS Use ready- and used to make a tasty, fruity die (early May). The flavour is tea. Just infuse a few leaves in mellow, so add to soups, salads, mixed bromeliad or cymbidium hot water for five minutes. sauces and pesto, or infuse in oil. compost, or a 50:50 mix of fine, composted bark and peat-free Repot bromeliads in summer to a multi-purpose compost. An equal container that’s only slightly larger mix of perlite, coir and composted bark or orchid compost is good, too. Catch up with MALLOW (Malva sylvestris) HAIRY BITTERCRESS Found in open and sunny habitats, (Cardamine hirsuta) Gardeners’ Question Time Enjoy a fascinating along hedgerows and in pastures A common herb with rounded crop of listeners’ questions and answers and wasteland, mallow’s furry leaves, it grows in rosettes low from the experts every week, on BBC Radio 4, leaves can be picked now until to the ground, with tiny white Fridays at 3pm, repeated on Sundays at 2pm. early summer. They have a gummy flowers on stems that rise texture that’s used to add from the centre. You’ll find it Contact us richness to the Arabic soup growing on soil or gravel, Email your questions to Q&[email protected] ‘molokhia’. Come summer, mauve cracks in paths and Write to Q&A, Gardeners’World Magazine, flowers appear. Similar in taste hedgerows. The leaves and Vineyard House, 44 Brook Green, London W6 7BT and texture to the leaves, they’re flowers have a peppery taste good in salads. that’s great for salads or salsa. We regret that we cannot offer a personal garden advisory service. To become a member of the VISIT GardenersWorld.com/how-to for more pest and disease Woodland Trust from just £4 a month, scan the QR code or advice, along with creative and problem-solving projects visit woodlandtrust.org.uk May 2022 Registered charity numbers 294344 and SC038885

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