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A play list what to do in the garden in May, including how and when to do the Chelsea Chop, container planting for the summer, companion planting and how to beat the slugs.
May Gardening Offers
May Gardening offers
It is hard to beat Dahlias for long flowering and stunning garden colour. Crocus has some of our best-loved varieties on offer.
Who can resist the large saucer-shaped blooms of peonies, which are also sale at Crocus, with 20% off, including the popular P. lactiflora.
Flowering in May
If you are looking for an easy-to-grow, evergreen shrub, check out Choisya. Easy to grow, fully hardy and with the added benefit of sweetly scented flowers. Available and on offer at Crocus.
Aubretia is ever popular with gardeners and bees. It's long flower and easy to care for.
Just coming into bloom now are Alliums, and there are a lot to choose from apart from the purple lollipop types. Check out the images to help you decide what would look best in your garden.
Gardening ideas and inspiration
Flowering plants and Perennials
There are so many perennials to choose from. Ideas and inspiration about the best spring and summer flowering plants, 20 great scented plants, and 10 easy grow plants.
How to beat the slugs and plant slug resistant flowers and shrubs.
Get more out of your plant with the best long flowering plants which bloom for weeks.
Pick up tips on drought-resistant plants and select the best climbing plants for your garden.
Plus detailed growing advice to get the right plant in the right place.
Wildlife friendly and sustainable gardening
The best plants to attract butterflies and bees into your garden. Which shrubs are most loved by birds?
Create a haven for birds and wildlife with a wildlife garden and natural planting.
How to design a wildlife-friendly, sustainable garden that supports nature
The benefits of a garden pond as a magnet for wildlife
All About Shrubs
Shrubs are the backbone of the garden. They add form and structure all year round. There are shrubs for all gardens, soils and aspect and many are maintenance.
For growing advice, ideas and images of spring and summer flowering shrubs.
12 of the best evergreen shrubs and fast-growing evergreen shrubs.
Shrubs for autumn and winter interest
and shrubs for shade.
Monthly gardening Calendar
The Sunday Gardener's monthly calendar is full of topical gardening tips
Month by month gardening advice to help you manage your garden.
Timing can be very important, especially around the tricky subject of pruning and what to plant out and when.
The month by month gardening guides will keep you on track and are a complete seasonal guide to gardening.
Grow your own veg.
Growing your own veg has become so popular, and rightly so. It lets you produce satisfying, fresh and wholesome veg and saves money.
It can be daunting at first. Why not start with the 10 easiest vegetables to grow?
Follow the Sunday gardener's step-by-step guides for individual veg growing requirement.
Short of space, check out the best veg for growing in containers.
Top Gardening tips
Top gardening tips including how to be a greener gardener plus 10 best ways to save money in the garden.
The 8 best ways to get rid of slugs and snails.
What is the Chelsea chop and how to use it.
Glossary: Frost Hardy. What does it mean and does it matter?
Make your own plant supports
