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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How and when to grow daffodils
What could be more uplifting than drifts of butter-yellow daffodils announcing the arrival of spring?
Pruning the butterfly bush (Buddleia davidii)
Buddleia davidii is one of the most widely grown shrubs in UK gardens. Its common name, the ‘Butterfly Bush’, refers to...
How to mulch and why
Mulching your garden helps trap valuable moisture in your soil improving the availability and uptake of nutrients, as...
How to grow, look after care for Lily (Lilium)
There are numerous plants that have lily in their name - lily of the valley, plantain lily, arum lily, canna lily - to...
Aquatic plants
Aquatic plants are plants that like to grow in water or boggy ground and can be purchased from specialist nurseries.
How and when to prune hydrangeas
Hydrangeas are an asset to any garden. Flowering in late summer, they brighten up our borders just as other plants are...
European national flowers
Many non-native plants can happily survive in other regions of the world, which has given gardeners more choice than...
Pansy and violets (Viola)
There are numerous species and varieties of Viola that are fabulous garden plants. These range from the small-flowers of...
How to grow and care for snowdrops (Galanthus)
Snowdrops are tough, reliable plants, generally flowering in the height of winter, often poking their heads above...
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...