We asked some of our contributors which plant got them hooked on gardening? It’s a fascinating insight into plants and gardens and may just take you back down memory lane.
Plant choice
Winter herbs
Harvesting herbs fresh from your own garden is easy, fabulous and provides unlimited flavour potential. Even over winter you can grow herbs outdoors.
Which bulbs are good for pots?
Geoff Stonebanks share’s his advice for planting bulbs in pots and containers
How to grow supermarket basil
How to make the most of supermarket basil. You can make your pot of supermarket basil last much longer by potting it into a larger pot. It’s one gardening job that is easy and will save you money!
Five great alliums
Add drama and colour to your early summer garden with ornamental alliums.
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
Planting bulbs
Bulbs are one of the easiest things to grow in a garden. Plant them in the autumn for spectacular spring flowers.
What is companion planting?
Some plants offer additional benefits when grown in close proximity with others. Jean Vernon explores
How to grow pelargoniums
For months of colour for the patio or kitchen windowsill, grow pelargoniums. They’re very easy to grow, even for beginners, and they’ll reward you with a stunning display all summer long.
Edible herb flowers
Herb flowers are not just pretty faces: they are also useful in so many ways in the kitchen according to Barbara Segall.
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.
Keeping your fruit & veg healthy and productive
Martyn Cox helps you harvest some fruit and vegetable treasure and offers advice to keep your plants productive
Edible flowers
When it comes to growing our own food we usually just think of fruit and vegetables, but there is another garden ingredient that can be edible too; flowers. Jean Vernon picks her favourite edible flowers from the garden.
Five plants to attract butterflies
Encourage more butterflies into your garden by choosing plants with nectar rich flowers
Buying plants
At this time of year, it’s all go in the garden. There’s lots to get on with, including planting up beds, borders, containers and hanging baskets. Geoff Hodge has plenty of advice about buying plants. Get the most from your garden centre purchases and choose wisely with his sage advice
How to Find Sanctuary in a Pandemic
Step away from the news and social media and go outdoors. Your garden, local park or balcony can be your personal sanctuary. Simply stop, take a deep breath and inhale the wonders of nature.
Vitamin-rich salads
Are all salads created equal? Not when it comes to the matter of nutrition. Vicki Cooke explores vitamin-rich salads.
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 […]
Does Flower Power Plant Food really work?
Award winning garden designer Geoff Stonebanks reveals his most asked visitor question and explains why, for him, Flower Power has become indispensable.
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
What makes begonias good garden plants?
Geoff Stonebanks explains how he uses garden begonias in his award winning garden
Meet Martyn Cox
Spreading the love of gardening in a friendly accessible way is at the very core of Richard Jackson’s Garden. That’s why we are delighted to welcome Martyn Cox as our NEW Brand Ambassador
What specimen plants can I grow in containers?
Award winning garden designer Geoff Stonebanks shares his tips for growing perennials, shrubs and specimen plants in pots
Roses with hips
Gardeners grow roses mostly for their flowers, but many have fantastic, ornamental hips that extend the season.
Five plants to attract birds
Garden birds need all year round support. You can create a beautiful garden full of fantastic plants that not only look good but feed the birds too.
How can you use home grown onions?
If you’ve got lots of home grown onions hanging in the shed, here’s a great recipe to make the most of them from Amanda Davies
Where can I taste mulberries?
What’s red in tooth and paw? Vicki Cooke unearths and explores the myth and magic of mulberries
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