Use our helpful spotter’s guide to identify some commonly unwanted plants, with links to advice, to help you decide whether to keep them and, if not, how to get rid of them. What is a weed? A weed is ...
There are numerous clematis species, hybrids and cultivars, but for pruning purposes they are split into three distinct pruning groups based on the time of flowering and the age of the flowering wood.
On a farm on the edge of Bristol, Simon Maughan has been looking after 40,000 Christmas trees for the last 25 years. Read his ...
What’s the difference between a geranium and a pelagonium? ‘Geranium’ is the name most people use when talking about pelargoniums. But Geranium is actually a different plant genus. To help avoid ...
The show garden pays homage to the revitalising influence of urban green spaces, symbolising a message of hope and recovery while igniting the imagination of future generations to envision a different ...
A tuberous perennial to 60cm tall, with 2 large leaves divided into 3 diamond-shaped leaflets. In early summer it produces a spathe 10-25cm long just above the ground; it is purple or green, heavily ...
Plants need rain, but we are experiencing more frequent and heavier downpours, leading to flooded lawns, soggy borders, Describes soil or potting compost that is saturated with water. The water ...
As temperatures drop, now is a good time to bring those precious plants inside but also consider how you can best use your ...
Is it true that only large, untidy “wildlife gardens”, full of native plants and with lawns replaced for wildlife meadows, are good for wildlife? The answer is no, says urban ecologist and this year’s ...
A clump-forming, deciduous perennial, producing dark green leaves flushed with purple. Upright stems bear lightly fragrant, open bell-shaped violet-purple flowers in the spring and summer ...
Rosa can be deciduous or semi-evergreen shrubs or scrambling climbers, with usually thorny stems bearing compound pinnate leaves and solitary or clustered flowers. Flowers may be followed by showy red ...
A robust herbaceous perennial to 90cm in height, with narrow, dark glossy green leaves and double white flowers 10cm in width, with short, pale yellow central florets ...