Planting in beds and borders
Dig a hole and just put in the plant roots? To ensure plants establish quickly, grow properly and live a long time, you need to take a little more time and effort than that when planting up your beds...
Dig a hole and just put in the plant roots? To ensure plants establish quickly, grow properly and live a long time, you need to take a little more time and effort than that when planting up your beds...
Hydrangeas have a romantic elegance reminiscent of times gone by, and with their large, long- flowering blooms and...
There’s one group of satisfying jobs that we love doing in Spring and Summer – and that’s potting up seedlings and...
Mulching your garden helps trap valuable moisture in your soil improving the availability and uptake of nutrients, as...
There are numerous plants that have lily in their name - lily of the valley, plantain lily, arum lily, canna lily - to...
Aquatic plants are plants that like to grow in water or boggy ground and can be purchased from specialist nurseries.
Hydrangeas are an asset to any garden. Flowering in late summer, they brighten up our borders just as other plants are...
Many non-native plants can happily survive in other regions of the world, which has given gardeners more choice than...
There are numerous species and varieties of Viola that are fabulous garden plants. These range from the small-flowers of...
Snowdrops are tough, reliable plants, generally flowering in the height of winter, often poking their heads above...
If your patio looks a little drab and uninteresting after a colourful summer, then plant up your containers with late...
Waterlilies are probably our most popular – and easiest to recognise – pond plant. Large lakes and ponds look stunning...
Irises are a large group of fabulously colourful garden plants. Their brightly coloured flowers often have petals in...
Delphiniums are elegant, stately plants that are stalwarts of cottage gardens. Most are perennial, but annual varieties...
Cacti are among some of our most popular – and fascinating – houseplants. Many first-time gardeners – especially...