Caring for Plants, Trees and Shrubs

Advice & inspiration

A fast growing hedge will increase privacy, while also adding texture and interest to your landscaping.

No matter what the size or design of your home, there are houseplants that will suit your home and lifestyle.

Growing from seed is one of the most rewarding and cheapest ways to grow plants.

When you grow plants indoors or in a heated greenhouse; before they go outside in their permanent positions they need to...

With the arrival of autumn comes a task that’s the bane of the season for many gardeners.

After a long summer of getting the best out of your lawn, it is time to start preparing it for winter.

With an estimated 24 million gardens in the UK, this provides a huge amount of space and opportunity to help wildlife...

If your patio looks a little drab and uninteresting after a colourful summer, then plant up your containers with late...

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Whatever variety of clematis you choose, pruning is a key part of successful growth and bountiful blooming.

Blousy blooms with colourful, almost paper-like, petals are the hallmarks of many true poppies – particularly the...

Aloe vera is a tender succulent, which is mainly grown as a houseplant. It has attractive, variegated leaves and...

Gerberas produce lots of brightly coloured flowers over several months. Most types are varieties of Gerbera jamesonii...

Bamboos are wonderful garden plants, grown primarily for their architectural stems, or canes, and their foliage. These...

Pots, tubs and containers of all sorts are the mainstays of every patio display. They come in many sizes and shapes...

Plants need to be able to draw on reserves of all the vital elements to have healthy leaves and produce quality flowers...

Even in the middle of winter there are still a few brave plants in flower, brightening up cold dark days with colour and...

Hollies are among the most valuable and versatile garden plants.

Wisterias are gorgeous climbing plants, perfect for covering walls and fences or grown over pergolas and arches where...

When it comes to watering rhododendrons, azaleas, camellias and other lime-hating, acid-loving, ericaceous plants, they...

So What Is Micropropagation? Put as simply as possible, micropropagation is where you take tissue from a plant to...