The Gardener Magazine

The Gardener is a monthly, national magazine dedicated to inspiring gardeners, providing practical advice and showing step-by-step garden projects. Our monthly features include garden design, in-depth plant features, growing vegetables and herbs, water gardening, garden wildlife and pets, specialist plant articles and much more. We have an extensive database on our website that is growing daily.

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DIRT DIARIES

Carpets of Succulence • Spaces between rocks and stepping stones, along with the bare rims of mixed containers and even hanging baskets are crying out for spreading plants with interesting leaf textures complimented with masses of dainty flowers.

A POOH IN EVERY CORNER • With a mountain at its back and the sea near its feet, this Noordhoek garden is a green gem.

Every garden needs a Water feature • For those wanting to change up their landscaping this year, water features should be the first thought on your mind.

ETHEREAL AIR PLANTS

At play with AGAVES • Agaves are weird but alluring plant camels that are great focal plants in the garden and irresistible to the dedicated succulent collector. Editor Tanya Visser reveals why she has become such an agave junky…

The evolution of plants Part 4 • In this final in the series, we discover the fascinating world of Dionaea and find out more about how to grow them at home.

Cool plants for shade • Shade in a mature garden of any size is as unavoidable as grey hairs sprouting on one’s head. Embrace and highlight it with pretty shade-lovers and clever shade management.

The Cannabis Question • As a gardening magazine we have avoided the cannabis topic for fear of reader backlash. However, it’s an interesting subject, so we thought we would give readers a breakdown of the facts and you can decide for yourselves… or skip these pages.

Subscribe and win! • Stand a chance to win this wonderful GARDENA Garden Hose Box Rollup M this month.

HOT STUFF! • Edibles that tingle the taste buds

What to do NOW MARCH

HOW TO GROW Chinese cabbage

Rose

Wildlife magnet Phygelius (Cape fuchsia)

The last of the DAHLIAS

Plant these NOW

Quick sticks

In the food garden Salvia x jamensis ‘Melen’

Chervil

Plant mozzie busters Sowing guide for March

Bug watch

Potted calla lilies can make a comeback

What to divide now Bulb inspiration

Vygies from cuttings

Autumn sowing

Seed sowing for winter colour • Early March is the time to plan and start sowing seed for a colouful winter garden. There is plenty to choose from in the Garden Master range of seed and here is how to do it.

Create magic in shade • For splendid autumn colour and fine texture in light shade or in cool morning sun, combine deep purple blooms, bold foliage stripes and deep golden yellow tufts of grass, with a dramatic, black, living carpet.

Bright shades of autumn • They are referred to as evergreen plants, but they are not quite ‘green’. These plants stand out in a garden because their foliage is bright and vivid with rich-coloured leaves that are a feature all on their own.

A giant bean climber

LUNAR Gargening Guide

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My glass-jar plan • If you have not had the energy to make resolutions for the new year yet, relax! I have a plan which can work for the next ten months…