Time soon for a haircut

Pruning is one garden topic that makes my eyes glaze over. I suspect that's because, in the first instance, pruning usually makes plants look worse, not better, and I feel as badly for them as I do for myself when I've had a particularly awful haircut.

Gardening: Chop trees before they're a problem

Until a week ago we had a 30m-plus eucalyptus behind our house. It was a gorgeous thing, obviously much older than I, and I was very emotionally attached to it.

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• Leigh Bramwell

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Community garden set up for foodbank

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When I was a style bunny, my mantra was always to "put a pot plant in... more

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With one of the driest summers on record you could be forgiven for... more

Gardening: Fragrant blast from the past

I'm tempted to write this column under an assumed name because my... more