Features and Advice

Evergreens come into their own in winter. Make use of smaller ones in pots and containers to bring colour and interest to your garden.

The colourful red bracts of the poinsettia have become a festive favourite. Here are some tips to keep your plants looking fabulous for weeks on end.

Geoff Stebbings extols the virtues of the Christmas rose – Helleborus niger.

Geoff Stonebanks explores his love of garden hydrangeas.

Martyn Cox guides you through ten of his (almost) foolproof favourite plants for beginner gardeners.

Here are five houseplants that are easy to grow and hard to kill, including African violet, begonia, coleus, alocasia and hydrangea.

Sometimes plants don’t like where you planted them, or you simply change your mind. It’s OK to move them, Martyn Cox explains.

The shops are brimming with some beautiful Christmas houseplants at the moment – but some are better than others. Here’s how to get the pick of the pots.

Is your festive offering fit for a King or Queen? Just what was on the Christmas table fresh from the garden three hundred years ago?

Martyn Cox continues his beginners guide for gardeners. This week he has plenty of advice on buying plants for your garden.

Geoff Hodge talks pros and cons of lifting dahlias or leaving in the garden. As well as lifting begonia tubers.

If you want to have a go at growing your own fabulous cut flowers, try ranunculus, otherwise known as Persian buttercups.

Anemone Mistral is a beautiful, Italian bred anemone that makes a fantastic cut flower and is so very easy to grow

Autumn is the right time to buy and plant up trees and shrubs. Martyn Cox explains more in his new series for beginner gardeners.

Geoff Stonebanks shares his love of agaves, a spectacular group of plants that add drama and structure to his garden.

Geoff Stonebanks selects his standout plants for his garden at Driftwood-by-sea.

Plants have played a vital role in our health for centuries, Debi Holland explains.

Geoff Stonebanks share’s his advice for planting bulbs in pots and containers

Succulents are easy to grow and can be grown outdoor in the garden or in pots, or bring them indoors as house plants. Here are 5 great succulents to try.

Geoff Hodge helps us embrace the change of season and keep the last traces of summer going

Add drama and colour to your early summer garden with ornamental alliums.

Debi Holland chooses Five Autumn Bulbs for Spring Colour