The very best time to plant perennials + top tips on filling a gap in your border
Autumn and spring are the best time to plant perennials. So that’s also the best time to fill gaps in your border – or even revamp your border completely. To…
Autumn and spring are the best time to plant perennials. So that’s also the best time to fill gaps in your border – or even revamp your border completely. To…
Salvias are the stars of the late season garden. Many flower from summer right through to the first frosts. William Dyson is the UK’s top expert on salvias. He’s the…
If you grow daffodils, they’ll come back year after year, often increasing in number. Tulips are outrageously colourful and gorgeous, but usually disappear after one or two years. Daffodils are…
Drought tolerant plants that will thrive in dry or hot summers, and they’ll also look good if we have an unexpectedly wet summer.
Common summer garden problems and what you can do – and what you shouldn’t do – to revive your garden when there’s a drought or heatwave.
Is your garden full of dying plants because of this summer’s extreme heat or drought? My persicaria looks like a bowl of crisps, the Virginia creeper’s leaves are limp, the…
The perfect lawn is now a surprisingly controversial issue in gardening. Some people want a smart, green surface with no flaws. Others say that such a lawn is an ‘ecological…
To deadhead plants, you simply cut off dead or dying flowers. Deadheading is one of the easiest, yet most effective, gardening techniques. It’s also the best way of ensuring that…
Here is an early summer gardening checklist, followed by suggestions on how you can make this as easy as possible. Weed paths and borders Decide where you can tolerate weeds,…
Here are answers to the 5 most common spring gardening questions. I prefer not to specify a month, because the trouble with ‘Gardening tips for April (or whatever month)’ is…
When I was asked to name 5 top perennials by Rachel of the YouTube channel Gardening at Douenza, I decided they must be long-flowering and easy to grow. I decided…
Confused by contradictory advice on how and when to prune hydrangeas? This post makes it easy to achieve beautiful blooms year after year.
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