Good Housekeeping Easy to Grow Pots and Containers, softback published by Collins & Brown. ISBN 978-1-84340-541-2, price 5.99 from www.anovabooks.com

I used to buy Good Housekeeping magazine 20 years ago and it’s not moved on from then. In fact if the publishing date had said 1985, I would have believed it. If you want to know more about plants you will find on every street corner, then this is the book for you. As a leading horticulturist, I think gardening has moved on just a bit. Very reasonably priced and it should be.