Fast Growing Hedges For Privacy
A fast growing hedge will increase privacy, while also adding texture and interest to your landscaping.
Plants, trees & shrubs
Plants, trees & shrubs
Preparing the garden for planting and caring for plants is vital to the overall health of your garden. Whether you're starting from scratch or have a new garden we’ve got you covered with loads of tips and tricks
Advice & inspiration
Best houseplants to boost the look of your home
No matter what the size or design of your home, there are houseplants that will suit your home and lifestyle.
How to germinate seeds
Growing from seed is one of the most rewarding and cheapest ways to grow plants.
What is ‘hardening off’ of plants?
When you grow plants indoors or in a heated greenhouse; before they go outside in their permanent positions they need to...
What to do in your garden in April
Articles (194)
Aloe vera plant guide
Aloe vera is a tender succulent, which is mainly grown as a houseplant. It has attractive, variegated leaves and...
Gerbera, transvaal daisy (Gerbera)
Gerberas produce lots of brightly coloured flowers over several months. Most types are varieties of Gerbera jamesonii...
How to grow and care for bamboo at home
Bamboos are wonderful garden plants, grown primarily for their architectural stems, or canes, and their foliage. These...
A guide to using pots, tubs and window boxes
Pots, tubs and containers of all sorts are the mainstays of every patio display. They come in many sizes and shapes...
A guide to feeding border plants
Plants need to be able to draw on reserves of all the vital elements to have healthy leaves and produce quality flowers...
Winter flowering plants and shrubs
Even in the middle of winter there are still a few brave plants in flower, brightening up cold dark days with colour and...
Wisteria flowers
Wisterias are gorgeous climbing plants, perfect for covering walls and fences or grown over pergolas and arches where...
Watering camellias, blueberries and other acid loving plants
When it comes to watering rhododendrons, azaleas, camellias and other lime-hating, acid-loving, ericaceous plants, they...
Micropropagation versus traditional plant propagation
So What Is Micropropagation? Put as simply as possible, micropropagation is where you take tissue from a plant to...
The best office plants for happy workers
Evidence has shown that employees perform better when household plants are added to workplace offices.
Prickly pear cactus care (Opuntia)
Prickly pears and other Opuntia species are very popular desert cacti grown as houseplants. They are highly ornamental...