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Action plan: Nigel Colborn's essential jobs for your garden this week 

Nigel Colborn shares his advice for using lilies as enchanting patio pot plants. The British gardening expert recommends keeping the plaint in moist compost with access to sunlight.




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Snowdrop heaven: They're blooming like crazy after the wet winter, says Monty Don

Monty Don shares his advice for snowdrops this spring. British gardening experts reveals pollution of the seeds rely on sunny, mild weather and insects.




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The armchair approach: Nigel Colborn says with a border of succulents, you can sit back

Nigel Colborn has shared his advice on gardening this week. He says succulents can usually shrug off anything the British summer can throw at them. Pictured, Aeonium Zwartkop.




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Action plan: Nigel Colborn's essential jobs for your garden this week

British gardening expert Nigel Colborn shared advice for planting sweet peas, pruning shrubs and trimming violas this week.




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Deborah Meaden tells how turning her 16-acre Somerset property over to nature reaped rich rewards

Deborah Meaden's most gratifying investment has been the rewilding of her Somerset home, a former farmhouse surrounded by 26 acres, once owned by prime minister William Pitt the Elder.




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Violets and pansies have always been among Monty's favourites - and you can plant them now 

Monty Don shares his advice for growing violets and pansies in an extract from his classic book Gardening At Longmeadow. British gardening expert grows violets in Coppice.




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The time for vines: Sow tomatoes from seed this weekend for tasty treats in July 

British gardening expert Nigel Colborn shared his advice for thriving tomatoes in UK gardens. He claims seeds sown this weekend should crop from July onwards.




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The mild winter has been a cracker for crocuses - Monty Don tells how you too can create a display 

Monty Don shares his advice for a dramatic display of crocuses. British gardening expert said those who are hoping to start from scratch should order their bulbs in the summer to plant in autumn




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A touch of class! Gracing a stately pile or just a pot, these rhodos are natural aristocrats 

British gardening expert Nigel Colborn shared his advice for thriving rhododendrons in UK gardens. He revealed the best time for re-potting is between November to mid-February.




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Action plan: Nigel Colborn's essential jobs for your garden this week

Nigel Coleborn shares his advice for sowing courgette seeds and pruning your clematis. The gardening expert also named the plant of the week as the Dutch Flower Record.




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Action plan: Nigel Colborn's essential jobs for your garden this week

British gardening expert Nigel Colborn shared advice for removing last summer's shoots to ground level. He also answered a question on a young Japanese cherry tree.




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Nature's pick-me-up: Nigel Colborn says gardening is the perfect medicine

British gardening expert Nigel Colborn says how gardening is the perfect medicine in uncertain times such as the coronavirus outbreak. He said people should finish overdue winter tasks.




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Primula and proper! Monty Don reveals how to grow the plant by seed

British gardening expert Monty Don revealed that now is an excellent time to create more primulas for next year by lifting and dividing them. He said his plant of the week is Star Magnolia.




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Facing turf questions: You don't have to drench a lawn with chemicals every springtime

Nigel Colborn shares his advice for making gardens more sustainable, while at home amid the Corona crisis. British gardening expert advises using a lawn fertiliser to boost the growth of lawns.




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Action plan: Nigel Colborn's essential jobs for your garden this week

Nigel Colborn shared his advice for nurturing ponds as the days become warmer. The British gardening expert advises removing dead or damaged stems and looking out for weeds.




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Dig for victory! Step-by-step guide for beginners to growing your own vegetables

British gardening expert Monty Don, shares his advice for growing your own vegetables and harvesting, as he reveals it's possible for almost any garden to accommodate the greens.




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Dig deep for our nurseries: They're feeling the pinch after plant shows were cancelled

Constance Craig Smith says UK nurseries are bursting with stock they need to sell, since many local plant shows have been cancelled. She revealed a selection offering mail-order.




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Early-flowering clematis can cope with extreme cold and are blooming now

Monty Don shares his advice for growing clematis in an extract from his classic book Gardening At Longmeadow. British gardening expert says Clematis montana is the most common this month.




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Action plan: Nigel Colborn's essential jobs for your garden this week

British gardening expert Nigel Colborn shared advice for managing this year's near-hardy perennials. He advises pruning away last year's growth.




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Monty's woodwork: It's taken decades, but MONTY DON now has his very own woodland

The small trees Monty Don planted in his garden 27 years ago have now turned the area behind his house into woodland. Pictured, the British gardening expert in the woodland.




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Oh sweet perfection: Sweet peas are fragrant, full of colour and always companionable

Nigel Colborn shares his advice for growing sweet peas that will flower from mid-June. British gardening expert says they are as easy to grow as any hardy annual.




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Top of the poppies: Nothing says spring to Monty Don like his oriental poppies in full bloom

Monty Don shares his advice for growing poppies in an extract from his classic book Gardening At Longmeadow. British gardening expert says now is the perfect time to sow seeds.




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Bring the med home: It's been a dry month but these beauties are used to arid conditions 

Nigel Colborn shares his advice for adding a touch of Mediterranean to your garden. The British gardening expert says Mediterranean plants are almost entirely self-maintaining.




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Action plan: Nigel Colborn's essential jobs for your garden this week

British gardening expert Nigel Colborn shared advice for people growing their own food in their gardens during the coronavirus lockdown.




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Ten brilliantly simple ideas to get the children off their iPads

British gardening expert Tamsin Westhorpe, who is the author of Diary Of A Modern Country Gardener, shared advice for entertaining and educating children during lockdown.




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The beauty of biennials: They're tough, provide glorious spring colour in abundance

Monty Don shares his advice for growing biennials in an extract from his classic book Gardening At Longmeadow. British gardening expert says now is the time to sow Lunaria annua.




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Nigel Colborn's essential jobs for your garden this week

Now is the time to deal with winter jasmine. Though spectacularly beautiful with cheerful yellow flowers from November to March, this shrub is ferociously invasive.




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Nigel Colborn's essential jobs for your garden this week 

Camellias are giving a wonderful show this year, but it will soon be over. After flowering has finished, give each shrub a vigorous shake to dislodge any dead blooms.




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Spring's romantic lead: Lovely lilac

Welsh composer Ivor Novello was spot on with his song We’ll Gather ­Lilacs. They’re surely the most romantic of spring flowers and, for that reason alone, they belong in everyone’s garden.




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Nigel Colborn's essential jobs for your garden this week

This is a good weekend to sow pumpkin, gourd, courgette or marrow seeds directly outdoors. And it’s by no means too late to sow turnips, beetroot, runner beans, spinach or chard.




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Nigel Colborn's essential jobs for your garden this week

This is a good time to refresh compost if you grow camellias or azaleas in containers. Ericaceous compost loses acidity — especially when hard water is used.




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How to beat the drought in your garden

This year’s winter was abnormally dry in many regions. And now, just when growth should run at top speed, it’s drier still. We’re heading for a drought. For gardeners, that’s a disappointment.




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Enjoy Chelsea Flower Show from your home

Chelsea Flower Show is next week. Tickets are almost sold out, but you can enjoy the show in comfort at home. You might even see more on television than when buffeted by the crowds.




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Nurse Pauline Cafferkey who beat Ebola twice gives birth to 'amazing' healthy twin boys at 43

Pauline Cafferkey, 43 (pictured) from Glasgow, who first contracted the killer bug in 2014, welcomed the 'two amazing boys' at 10am on Tuesday.




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Ebola outbreak in the Congo 'should be a global emergency' warns Rory Stewart

The MP said the outbreak is 'very dangerous' after a two-day visit to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Health officials have rejected proposals to declare a global emergency three times.




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Priest, 46, dies after bringing Ebola to the Congolese city of Goma

The World Health Organisation said it was 'time for the world to take notice' as the UN agency invoked its emergency provisions to contain the growing outbreak in DR Congo.




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US government shuts down military lab studying Ebola and the plague over safety fears

Scientists at Fort Detrick, Maryland, study Ebola, the plague (caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis) and rabbit fever (caused by the bacterium tularemia).




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Gas explosion rips through Russian laboratory containing smallpox, Ebola and HIV viruses 

The explosion, at the Vector laboratory in Siberia, left a worker with second and third degree burns. The lab is one of two places in the world which houses the smallpox disease.




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Ebola fears in SWEDEN as patient is rushed to hospital with symptoms of the killer virus 

The patient was rushed to Skane University Hospital in Lund on Monday after suffering symptoms linked to the killer virus. Doctors say they can't rule out Ebola until test results come back.




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US approves first Ebola vaccine amid West African outbreak of the deadly disease

On Thursday, the US Food and Drug Administration approved Ervebo, the first vaccine against Ebola to get green lit by American officials. It comes as a Congo outbreak rages on and has killed 4 in Uganda.




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China's virus may have been lurking in animals for DECADES before adapting to infect humans

EXCLUSIVE: Sir Jeremy Farrar, a renowned specialist in infectious disease epidemics, said the virus in China isn't new but has likely adapted to infect humans.




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JANET STREET-PORTER: British people could die from coronavirus complacency 

At Heathrow, after arriving from Singapore on January 30th, I put my passport in the entry gate and was admitted to the UK. No questions, no medical checks. Within an hour I was home.




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DR MICHAEL MOSLEY: How to beat coronavirus? Sing Happy Birthday as you wash your hands

You have to use soap and water, and you should wash your hands for about 20 seconds. One way to estimate this is to sing the whole of the Happy Birthday To You song, twice, says DR MOSLEY.




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California woman tells of husband diagnosed with coronavirus just a day after they were evacuated

Jeri Seratti-Goldman, of Santa Clarita, California, says her husband, Carl Goldman, was diagnosed with coronavirus after they were evacuated from the quarantined cruise ship in Japan.




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Nebraska doctors treat quarantined coronavirus patients with chicken soup and Tylenol

Doctors at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, where 13 Americans are quarantined for coronavirus, are providing patients with comforts such as chicken soup.




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Laboratory monkeys are infected with a lethal coronavirus in vaccine hunt

Researchers at the US National Institutes of Health tested an experimental antiviral drug, first created for Ebola, on 18 rhesus macaques.




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Mick Mulvaney dismisses coronavirus as being hyped to 'bring down' Donald Trump

Acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney accused the media of working against President Trump on the coronavirus and predicted some U.S. schools would probably close amid the outbreak.




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RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: My position on health scares is scepticism... but there must be something in it 

Having read in the Sunday papers that, because of coronavirus, the over-60s should avoid routine visits to surgeries, I emailed my doctor to confirm that my annual medical check-up. would go ahead...




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Brian Tamaki says coronavirus outbreak is the work of SATAN and sign world strayed from God

Destiny Church Leader Brian Tamaki, who previously attacked Islam after the Christchurch shooting, made the comments during a congregation in Auckland, New Zealand, on Sunday.




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Rory Stewart suggests schools should be SHUT DOWN to tackle coronavirus

Ministers should close schools and public transport networks sooner rather than later if they are to slow the spread of coronavirus, London mayor candidate Rory Stewart has suggested.