Caring for Plants, Trees and Shrubs

Advice & inspiration

A fast growing hedge will increase privacy, while also adding texture and interest to your landscaping.

No matter what the size or design of your home, there are houseplants that will suit your home and lifestyle.

Growing from seed is one of the most rewarding and cheapest ways to grow plants.

When you grow plants indoors or in a heated greenhouse; before they go outside in their permanent positions they need to...

Summer bedding plants and summer-flowering bulbs brighten up our gardens. Learn how to care for your plants to keep them...

For a lawn, summer can be the most stressful time of the year. So what can you do to keep your summer lawn looking its...

Keeping blooms bursting with life and staying on top of cropping means there’s plenty to keep you busy in the summer.

When going to a garden centre of DIY store, it’s very easy to become confused by all the different types of compost out...

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Wallflowers are spring and summer-flowering bedding plants, providing a wealth of colour for beds, borders and...

Knowing when to prune roses is has to be one of the most common gardening quandaries of all time.

Rudbeckias have become one of our most popular garden plants in recent years.

Blooming in rich, vibrant colours, these rainbow rose bouquets definitely stand out to say the least!

There’s no doubt that if you want a tree with the wow factor in spring, then an ornamental or flowering cherry (Prunus)...

The Saguaro cactus is one of the most recognisable of all cacti, as its distinct shape features in many Western movies...

Carpets of bluebell flowers in woodlands are one of the most glorious sights of the British spring landscape - but...

Hardy geraniums – sometimes referred to as cranesbills – are among the most popular garden perennials. And it’s easy to...

Cornflowers are extremely colourful hardy annuals and look great in beds and borders, flowering from late spring and...

The common foxglove, Digitalis purpurea, is a common wild plant growing in woods and hedgerows.

Nasturtiums are extremely versatile summer-flowering plants.

There is surely nothing more romantic and gently indulgent than enjoying the scents of your garden. Memories of a...