Feeding, weeding and watering
How do you know if your are under watering plants?
How much water do your plants need? What are the early signs that help you adjust your watering for healthy shrubs and blooming flowers
Plants and shrubs
Protecting a magnolia tree from frost
Find out the best ways to protect your delicate Magnolia tree form the cold winter months and from frost which can be so damaging
Pots and tubs
Making the most of container gardening
This is an extremely simple way to create a garden, you don’t require large amounts of room and you don’t need large areas of earth, perfect for those patios and slabbed gardens.
Fruit and veg
Companion Planting in Vegetable Gardens
This guide shows how you can use companion planting to make the most of your harvest.
Feeding, weeding and watering
Preparing your garden for spring
February and March can be a poor time for working in the garden. Cold weather, frosts and lots of rain or snow are not a gardeners friend, so it can be difficult for the keen gardener to wait out to better weather. But the beauty of UK weather is even Read more…
Flowers and bulbs
Taking seeds from Sweet Peas
Sweet Peas grace our gardens with their beauty and fragrance, but their blooms are short-lived. However, there’s a secret to enjoying these delightful flowers year after year: harvesting their seeds. In this guide, we’ll show you how to collect and preserve Sweet Pea seeds to keep your garden blooming. 🌱 Read more…
Feeding, weeding and watering
5 tips to keep your pots alive in a draught
Pot plants, without the ability to grow deep roots will require regular water but in the extreme heat of a draught some clever techniques are required.
Plants and shrubs
Bringing back the garden hedgerow
A garden hedgerow no longer has to be the neatly trimmed, uniform hedge that runs along the border of your garden. By carefully selecting differing hedges, mixing them up with some trees you can get a great looking hedgerow that is also great for wildlife. Hedgerows have numerous benefits, providing Read more…
Flowers and bulbs
Plants to sow in January or February
The advantage of planting seeds early is that it gives them a chance to flower in the first year after sowing, a perfect way to add colour to your borders in the summer. Sow the seeds indoors in January or February in a warm and well-lit environment, moving the seedlings Read more…
Plants and shrubs
How to take hardwood cuttings
Hardwood cuttings are a simple and reliable way of producing new plants from deciduous climbers, trees and shrubs. Hardwood cuttings take their name from taking a cutting from the more mature stems that are fully dormant and not showing any soft, green or active growth. It should be firm and Read more…