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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From small and delicate to larger and more striking, there is a cactus to suit every home.

Silver birches ( Betula) are very much prized for their graceful appearance, particularly in winter when their gorgeous...

Wallflowers are spring and summer-flowering bedding plants, providing a wealth of colour for beds, borders and...

Knowing when to prune roses is has to be one of the most common gardening quandaries of all time.

Rudbeckias have become one of our most popular garden plants in recent years.

Blooming in rich, vibrant colours, these rainbow rose bouquets definitely stand out to say the least!

There’s no doubt that if you want a tree with the wow factor in spring, then an ornamental or flowering cherry (Prunus)...

The Saguaro cactus is one of the most recognisable of all cacti, as its distinct shape features in many Western movies...

Carpets of bluebell flowers in woodlands are one of the most glorious sights of the British spring landscape - but...

Hardy geraniums – sometimes referred to as cranesbills – are among the most popular garden perennials. And it’s easy to...

Cornflowers are extremely colourful hardy annuals and look great in beds and borders, flowering from late spring and...

The common foxglove, Digitalis purpurea, is a common wild plant growing in woods and hedgerows.