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.
Flowers
Which annuals should I grow?
Debi Holland shares her love of garden annuals and suggests five fabulous annuals to grow in your garden
Make a date with your garden
Morning coffee is a simple way to get to know your garden. So next time you put the kettle on, take a seat outside and have a look around your garden. Who knows what you’ll see?
Getting ready for spring
It may be cold, wet, miserable and depressing outside but there’s still lots you can do outdoors to get your garden ready for spring.
Do I need to lift dahlias for the winter?
Geoff Hodge talks pros and cons of lifting dahlias or leaving in the garden. As well as lifting begonia tubers.
How can I help my garden survive drought and floods?
We can’t control the weather. Our gardens are at the mercy of sun scorched drought and storm drenched floods. Geoff Hodge explains how you can make your garden more weather proof.
Edible flowers
Vicki Cooke explores a few historical plants that have been enjoyed in the garden and as edible flowers, including courgettes, marigolds and nasturtiums.
Can I grow flowers with my veg?
Debi Holland offers five reasons why flowers are good to grow in among your veg.
What can I plant in spring containers?
Add a beacon of colour to your garden with a spring container full of early garden flowers says Jean Vernon
How do I get the most from my sweet peas?
Professional gardener, Debi Holland shares her tips for getting the best from these fabulous garden plants.
Gardening for beginners – Planting Bulbs
Martyn Cox helps demystify gardening with his friendly and accessible advice.
Winning with Flower Power – The Flower Power difference
Jean Willis started feeding her plants and garden with Flower Power and the results were so amazing that she was approached by a Britain in Bloom Judge to enter, and she won!
My Flower Power Story
Expert gardener Martin Fish has been working in the garden industry for more than forty years. He has been using Richard’s Flower Power plant food in his garden on a wide range of flowers, fruit and vegetables.
What’s a really easy annual to grow this summer?
Grow nasturtiums – these easy garden flowers create an amazing splash of colour all summer long
Begonia ‘Apricot Shades’
If you are new to gardening and want to grow something that is not just really easy but also extremely rewarding, begonia ‘Apricot Shades’ is the plant for you.
Which bulbs are good for pots?
Geoff Stonebanks share’s his advice for planting bulbs in pots and containers
What bulbs can I plant now for spring interest?
Debi Holland chooses Five Autumn Bulbs for Spring Colour
What is lasagne planting?
Jean Vernon explains the lasagne technique when it comes to planting bulbs
What is companion planting?
Some plants offer additional benefits when grown in close proximity with others. Jean Vernon explores
How to really enjoy your garden
Geoff Stonebanks learns ways to enjoy his garden in lockdown and offers his hard earned advice. In a ‘normal’Â year, Geoff Stonebanks opens his summer garden to hundreds of visitors, offering copious refreshments including tea, cakes and even lunch and afternoon teas. This year, the garden has been closed, giving Geoff a time to stand back and take stock.
How to harvest, ripen and increase your garden bounty
How to harvest, ripen and increase your garden bounty, Martyn Cox helps you make the most of your garden edibles with some timely GYO advice.
How to help garden pollinators
Gardeners are well placed to make a big difference to pollinators. Jean Vernon suggests lots of ways to help these precious creatures
Ideas and Inspiration from Hampton Court Flower Show
Step back to look at your garden from a different angle. Change a few things to make more of your garden with these simple garden ideas.
Five plants to attract butterflies
Encourage more butterflies into your garden by choosing plants with nectar rich flowers
What is RootBooster and does it work?
Already a fan of Flower Power, Geoff Stonebanks takes a look at RootBooster and its benefits for his container based garden.
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.
Meet Primrose ‘Everlast’
Primroses are an elegant early spring flower, creating a splash of colour on the banks, meadows and at the edge of the hedgerows. There is something very pure and graceful about these native wildflowers. You probably grow primulas in your garden. There are lots of brightly coloured amazing hybrids and varieties to add colour and […]
My Flower Power Story – Our Magic Potion
Susan and Keith Wells were gifted Flower Power by a grateful neighbour, now they use it in their garden and call it their Magic Potion
How can I use colour creatively in the garden?
Geoff Stonebanks is an instant gardener, because he wants the area he is creating or changing to look like the image he has in his head, instantly
Garden highlights of a decade at Driftwood
As we enter the 2020’s, we reveal some of Geoff Stonebanks gardening highlights over the last 10 years and take a look at some of his aspirations for the coming decade!