How to Grow Sanguisorba: 7 Best Types in the UK
How to grow sanguisorba (burnet) in the UK: seven of the best types, moist soil in sun, planting, staking, division and pairing it with grasses.
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Agastache: The Bee Magnet You Can Eat
How to grow agastache (anise hyssop) in the UK: hardy blue types versus showy short-lived hybrids, drainage, sowing, winter care and aniseed tea.
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Russian Sage: Drought-Proof Purple Haze
How to grow Russian sage (Perovskia, now Salvia yangii) in the UK: full sun, sharp drainage, the hard April prune, which variety to pick and bee value.
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Edible Aquatic Plants You Can Grow and Eat
Edible aquatic plants to grow in a UK container pond: watercress, water mint, brooklime and more, plus the deadly lookalike you must never pick.
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Growing Indian Spices in the UK: What Works
Which Indian and Eastern spices you can grow in the UK, from coriander and methi to chillies, turmeric, ginger and curry leaf, and which ones won't crop.
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Chervil: The Herb That Loves a Shady Spot
Growing chervil in the UK: sow direct in light shade from March to September, keep it cool to stop bolting, and pick the aniseed leaves for weeks.
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How to Grow Cumin Under Glass in the UK
How to grow cumin in the UK: sow in spring under glass, keep it hot and on the dry side, then harvest, dry and store your own cumin seed in autumn.
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Lemongrass in Pots: A UK Conservatory Crop
Grow your own lemongrass in a pot from a supermarket stem. Easy UK guide to rooting, warmth, winter care, dividing and harvesting for curries and tea.
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Supermarket Herbs: How to Keep Them Alive
Why supermarket basil, parsley and mint flop within days, and how to split, repot, water and feed them so they keep cropping on your windowsill.
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How to Grow Chamomile in the UK
Grow chamomile in the UK from seed: Roman or German, making a chamomile lawn, picking and drying flowers for tea, and month-by-month care.
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Lemon Grass on the Patio: Grow, Harvest, Store
Grow lemon grass in a pot on a sunny UK patio for summer, then harvest the stalks and keep them fresh, frozen or dried for months of cooking.
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How to Grow Lovage in the UK
How to grow lovage, a tall, easy perennial herb with a big celery flavour. When to sow, where to plant, the midsummer chop and how to cook with it.
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French Tarragon: How to Grow the Real Thing
How to grow tarragon in the UK. Tell French from Russian, plant in sharp drainage, get it through a wet winter, divide it and pick for flavour.
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How to Grow Borage in the UK
Grow borage in the UK the easy way: sow it, pair it with strawberries, eat the cucumber-flavoured flowers and keep the self-seeding in check.
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How to Grow Lemon Balm in the UK
How to grow lemon balm in the UK: an easy, hardy herb for tea and bees. Here's where to plant it, how to stop it seeding everywhere and when to pick.
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How to Grow Wild Garlic in the UK
How to grow wild garlic in a shady UK garden: planting bulbs in autumn, sowing seed, telling it apart from lookalikes, picking leaves and cooking with it.
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How to Grow Dill in the UK
Grow your own dill with this friendly UK guide. Sow it where it will grow, keep it from bolting, then pick the leaves and save the seeds.
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How to Grow Garlic Chives in the UK
How to grow garlic chives in UK gardens and pots, from sowing and dividing clumps to picking the leaves and tasty white flowers and stopping self-seeding.
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How to Grow Lemon Verbena in the UK
How to grow lemon verbena in the UK: the best spot, growing it in a pot, keeping it safe in winter, taking cuttings and making lovely tea.
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How to Grow Marjoram in the UK
How to grow marjoram in the UK: sweet, pot and wild types, sowing seed, growing in pots, getting through winter, and picking and drying the leaves.
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How to Grow Oregano in the UK
How to grow oregano in UK gardens: picking a variety with real flavour, sun and poor soil, pots, easy new plants and drying your own for the kitchen.
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How to Grow Fennel (Herb) in the UK
A friendly guide to growing herb fennel in the UK. Sow it, pick the feathery leaves, save the seeds, and enjoy bronze fennel in your borders.
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Making Herbal Teas from Your Garden
Grow, pick, dry and brew your own herbal teas in a UK garden. The nine best tea herbs, easy blends to try, and the plants never to brew.
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Medicinal Herb Garden: What to Grow UK
Twelve traditional medicinal herbs that grow happily in UK gardens, how to plant a pretty herb bed, and the safety points to know before use.
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How to Grow Herbs in the UK
How to grow herbs in a UK garden or on a windowsill: the easiest herbs, sowing, pots, picking so they stay bushy, and keeping a supply for winter.
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How to Grow Chives in the UK
Grow chives the easy way: sowing seed, splitting clumps, growing in pots, picking the leaves and enjoying the pretty purple flowers.
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How to Grow Thyme in the UK
How to grow thyme in a UK garden or pot, with easy tips on the best varieties, sunny spots, gritty soil, cuttings, trimming after flowering and harvesting.
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How to Grow Mint in the UK
How to grow mint in pots in the UK: the best varieties, easy cuttings, stopping it spreading, cutting back and sorting out mint rust.
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How to Grow Parsley from Seed UK
Grow parsley from seed in the UK, from slow-to-sprout seed to pots, picking and winter cover. Flat-leaf and curly both covered, with easy fixes.
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How to Grow Sage in the UK
How to grow sage in a UK garden or pot: the best varieties, where to plant it, when to prune, easy cuttings and simple care through the year.
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How to Grow Coriander Without Bolting
Grow coriander without it bolting: slow-bolt varieties, sowing little and often, growing in pots, and picking both the leaves and seeds.
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How to Grow Basil in the UK
How to grow basil in the UK from seed: when to sow, the best varieties, pinching for bushy plants, and keeping your harvest for winter.
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How to Grow Rosemary in the UK
Rosemary loves a bit of neglect. How to grow it in the UK, with good varieties, easy cuttings, light pruning and the one mistake that kills most plants.
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Seed Sowing Calendar UK
What to sow each month in a UK garden, from January chillies to October garlic. Vegetables, flowers and herbs, indoors and out.
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