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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Snowdrops are tough, reliable plants, generally flowering in the height of winter, often poking their heads above...

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

Waterlilies are probably our most popular – and easiest to recognise – pond plant. Large lakes and ponds look stunning...

Irises are a large group of fabulously colourful garden plants. Their brightly coloured flowers often have petals in...

Even if you have a more modest garden, you’ve probably got a room for at least 1 small tree.

It can be quite easy to dig up and move most small trees, shrubs and climbers to somewhere more suitable.

There are numerous ways to apply plant feeds or fertilisers.

Delphiniums are elegant, stately plants that are stalwarts of cottage gardens. Most are perennial, but annual varieties...

Cacti are among some of our most popular – and fascinating – houseplants. Many first-time gardeners – especially...

Spider plants are incredibly popular houseplants, grown mainly for their variegated evergreen foliage. This is mainly...

Rosemary is an ornamental evergreen shrub with attractive, aromatic, deep green leaves and blue flowers in spring and...

When watching the karate kid films in the 80’s, we think you would agree that one of the key things to take away from...