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 August
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What to plant in autumn and winter containers
If your patio looks a little drab and uninteresting after a colourful summer, then plant up your containers with late...
How to plant, grow and care for Waterlilies (Nymphaea)
Waterlilies are probably our most popular – and easiest to recognise – pond plant. Large lakes and ponds look stunning...
Caring for Irises
Irises are a large group of fabulously colourful garden plants. Their brightly coloured flowers often have petals in...
Trees for small gardens
Even if you have a more modest garden, you’ve probably got a room for at least 1 small tree.
Moving trees and shrubs
It can be quite easy to dig up and move most small trees, shrubs and climbers to somewhere more suitable.
How to grow and plant delphinium, larkspur (Delphinium)
Delphiniums are elegant, stately plants that are stalwarts of cottage gardens. Most are perennial, but annual varieties...
How to grow and care for cacti
Cacti are among some of our most popular – and fascinating – houseplants. Many first-time gardeners – especially...
How to grow and care for spider plants (Chlorophytum comosum)
Spider plants are incredibly popular houseplants, grown mainly for their variegated evergreen foliage. This is mainly...
How to grow and care for rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis)
Rosemary is an ornamental evergreen shrub with attractive, aromatic, deep green leaves and blue flowers in spring and...
How to prune a bonsai tree like Mr Miyagi
When watching the karate kid films in the 80’s, we think you would agree that one of the key things to take away from...
How to germinate seeds
Growing from seed is one of the most rewarding and cheapest ways to grow plants.