Complete guide to lawn feeding
Like all plants, lawns benefit from regular feeding. Without extra nutrients, the grass soon uses up plant food reserves in the soil and then turns pale and thin.
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How to look after your lawn: 7 top lawn care tips
Lush, green, cool and like a carpet underfoot in summer, a healthy lawn makes a garden even more beautiful. If you’re...
Peat free compost
The horticultural scientists at Miracle-Gro have led the way in researching, developing, and investing in alternative...
What to do in your garden in April
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Killing common garden weeds
With so many different weedkillers (herbicides) available, it can get confusing as to which type is best suited for use...
What is propagation and how do I do it?
Ever wanted to get more from your plants without having to buy more? With our guide to what propagation is, and how to...
How to create a contemporary and low maintenance front garden
Transform the dullest of driveways into a sensational but low maintenance showstopper
The meaning behind plants and flowers
Flowers are one of the most symbolic objects in modern and ancient times. Throughout the course of history, trees...
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...
Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris)
Pinus sylvestris. It’s one of the 3 native UK conifers that spread through the UK following the retreating last Ice Age...
How to keep flowers blooming through summer
Summer bedding plants and summer-flowering bulbs brighten up our gardens. Learn how to care for your plants to keep them...
25 inspiring DIY garden ideas
As summer approaches most of us can’t wait to get outside in the garden but could yours do with a revamp? Are you...
Iron deficiency
Some plants, particularly lime-hating, ericaceous plants are more susceptible to shortages of iron.
Caring for Christmas houseplants
Christmas houseplants are a great way of brightening up the house and they’re fabulous Christmas gifts.
Bacterial canker treatment
Bacterial canker is a disease that affects members of the Prunus family – including cherries and plums.