Planting in beds and borders
Dig a hole and just put in the plant roots? To ensure plants establish quickly, grow properly and live a long time, you need to take a little more time and effort than that when planting up your beds...
Planting and potting
Planting and potting
From hydrangeas to wisteria, the plants in your garden require the right attention. Understanding the needs of plants and knowing how and when to plant and pot is key to a healthy garden and we’ve got plenty of advice.
Advice & inspiration
Growing hydrangeas
Hydrangeas have a romantic elegance reminiscent of times gone by, and with their large, long- flowering blooms and...
Garden planters and potting plants
There’s one group of satisfying jobs that we love doing in Spring and Summer – and that’s potting up seedlings and...
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Caring for cacti, succulents and bonsai
Bring nature indoors with houseplants that will transform your home into a green haven to help you to relax, destress...
Enriching your garden soil
Getting to know your soil and how you can give your plants a head-start will keep your garden looking its best.
Bulbs and demystifying bulb fibre
Autumn is a great time to plant spring and summer-flowering bulbs, which will be well worth the wait.
Indoor gardening
You don’t necessarily need to be outside for hours on end, start to get creative with tending to plants inside your home...
Bring the fragrance indoors
By introducing fragranced plants to our homes and gardens, we’re inviting the aromas to lift our spirits and make them...
How to care for snake plants
If you’re looking to purchase a snake plant or have one already adding flair to your home, we can make sure it stays...
How to care for peace lilies
Peace lilies are perfect plants for decorating your home because they cleanse the air, are pretty, and easy to care for...
Pruning masterclass
There are lots of shrubs and woody climbers that need pruning during the year. Roses and summer-flowering clematis...
Saying it with roses
Over nine million red roses are given to someone special. For the most romantic day of the year, it’s the rose that’s...
How and when to grow tulips
With their elegant flowers and jewel-bright colours, tulips turn spring into something quite sensational.
How to create some more garden space - upwards!
Outside space is precious to everyone, but all too often we don’t have enough, or what we do have is overrun by kids...