Complete guide to lawn feeding
Like all plants, lawns benefit from regular feeding. Without extra nutrients, the grass soon uses up plant food reserves in the soil and then turns pale and thin.
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How to look after your lawn: 7 top lawn care tips
Lush, green, cool and like a carpet underfoot in summer, a healthy lawn makes a garden even more beautiful. If you’re...
Peat free compost
The horticultural scientists at Miracle-Gro have led the way in researching, developing, and investing in alternative...
What to do in your garden in May
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Growing successful indoor houseplants
You don’t need Greenfingers or special equipment to have thriving houseplants.
Go wild with British wildflowers
British wildflowers are currently enjoying something of a revival as both gardeners and local councils appreciate the...
Rooting stems and cuttings
Some shrubs, trees and plants don’t set seed easily and are best propagated from part of the original plant that can be...
Support the poppy appeal with your remembrance poppy
2018 marks the 100th anniversary of the First World War, a day that has echoed through our ancestor’s lives, our lives...
Aloe Vera: the benefits
The natural world has given us humans a veritable bounty - from plants and animals that we cook and eat to the herbs and...
Hardy annual flower seeds
Hardy annuals are the perfect way of creating colourful summer borders quickly and easily. You simply sow the seeds...
Rowan (Sorbus aucuparia)
Sorbus aucuparia also known as Mountain Ash as it grows at fairly high altitudes and the leaves look similar to those of...
The World’s deadliest plants - 10 of the best (or worst)
We’ve compiled a list of some of the world's deadliest plants, to help you to take a little more care when you're next...
Sowing seeds indoors
Seeds of non-hardy or half-hardy plants have to be sown indoors in pots or seed trays filled with good compost.
Tulips (Tulipa)
No garden should be without the brightly coloured spring flowers of tulips. They come in a wide range of colours – both...