Rose expert Michael Marriott shares his love of roses and advises how to use these garden favourites as cut flowers.
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Growing cosmos for cut flowers
Cosmos are one of the easiest, most rewarding flowers you can grow in your garden. Their simple, open flowers have a friendly, smiley, summery demeanor and can be planted in beds, borders, pots and containers all around your garden with simply stunning results.
Which annuals should I grow?
Debi Holland shares her love of garden annuals and suggests five fabulous annuals to grow in your garden
Plants on trend
Plants, gardening, horticulture and even botany are on trend. It’s an exciting time to be part of this growing fashion. Jean Vernon shares five new plant trends coming your way
Can I grow flowers with my veg?
Debi Holland offers five reasons why flowers are good to grow in among your veg.
Mindfulness for gardeners
If you have access to a garden, you have an open door to reach a little deeper into its offerings and calm you mind, body and spirit, explains Debi Holland
How to grow Ranunculus
If you want to have a go at growing your own fabulous cut flowers, try ranunculus, otherwise known as Persian buttercups.
How do I grow Anemone Mistral?
Anemone Mistral is a beautiful, Italian bred anemone that makes a fantastic cut flower and is so very easy to grow
My favourite roses
Everyone loves roses. Michael Marriott from David Austin Roses has spent his career working with these wonderful plants and picks some of his favourites.
What are Tree Lilies?
Looking like lilies on steroids, tree lilies produce towering stems that are capable of carrying up to 30, dinner plate sized blooms in summer. Apart from their dramatic good looks, the flowers possess an intoxicating scent that makes spending time outside a true sensory experience.
Five ways with Poinsettia plants
The best-selling Christmas plant of them all, poinsettias are sold in a range of sizes and colours. They make great pot plants, but with a bit of creativity can also be used as decorations.
What’s so festive about holly and ivy?
Jean Vernon extols the virtues of the winter evergreens holly and ivy explores some of the myths and legends that relate to some of these seasonal plants
Which summer flowering bulbs work well in containers?
Geoff Stonebanks uses summer flowering bulbs to augment his garden containers with great effect
Five new roses for 2019
A garden is not complete without a rose or two. Jean Vernon finds five new roses at RHS Hampton Court Garden Festival
Ideas to take home from RHS Chelsea 2019
There are so many inspirational gems at this year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show, many are unachievable in most gardens, but here are five ideas from this year’s show to take home for your plot
Plant Trial Results 2018
This summer our Gardening Club members helped trial some of next year’s new plants. Geoff Hodge reports
