Amateur Gardening

Lecture de 4 min

IN my gardening lifetime fashions have come and gone, but of them all my favourite is the current trend towards a more natural-looking style. This encourages undisturbed areas for wildlife and the choice of easygoing plants to suit soil and climate.

Harrowsmith

Lecture de 1 min

Many of us have specific things we do to wrap up the gardening season. For me, this includes pulling up the last of the vegetables, cleaning up perennial beds, topping up my compost, cleaning off my gardening tools and tidying up before the snow fall

Amateur Gardening

Lecture de 2 min

WHILE spring is traditionally seen as the ‘start’ of the gardening year, autumn is just as (if not more) vital. Yet more than half of all adults questioned by the RHS didn’t know this important fact! The world-leading horticultural charity commission

Amateur Gardening

Lecture de 2 min

MONTY Don has raised the wrath of the horticultural industry by suggesting that gardeners should only grow from seed and use plants raised in peat-free compost. The TV presenter and celebrity gardener has been labelled ‘ignorant’ after the publicatio

BBC Gardeners' World

Lecture de 3 min

Once upon a time, the majority of gardeners embraced the concept of “putting your garden to bed”. Gardens were to be worked on and enjoyed during spring and summer, but by autumn it was time to start thinking about closing things down, cutting things

Gardens Illustrated Magazine

Lecture de 21 min

Conrad’s plant choices reflect the naturalistic spaces with sustainability at heart that are key to his design ethos, and offer an immersive and transportive experience. conradbattendesign.co.uk Marian’s selection includes plants that will protect s

Amateur Gardening

Lecture de 4 min

SUMMER is coming, and for most of us that means colour. With so many options for brilliant flowering plants in the warmer months, we’re spoilt for choice, and it’s tempting to have a little of everything. However, in smaller gardens this can look mes

Kitchen Garden

Lecture de 4 min

I’ve been reading excerpts from a very timely and fascinating book, The Garden Jungle: or Gardening to Save the Planet by Professor Dave Goulson. He argues that with just a small change in emphasis, our gardens (and allotments) could become a vast ne

Amateur Gardening

Lecture de 1 min

Chop chop: There’s no Chelsea flower show this year, but you may still need to use the Chelsea chop. What is it? Find out in next week’s AG! 1 Start hardening off tender and young plants. Leave them outside somewhere sheltered by day and bring them b

Woman's Weekly Living Series

Lecture de 3 min

The good old-fashioned shrubby mallows or lavatera are useful plants for starting a new garden from scratch, as they will fill a gaping hole, even at the back of a border, in just one season. With speed they produce thousands of hibiscus- or hollyhoc

Period Living

Lecture de 4 min

Gardening skills used to be passed down the generations, but today many children grow up without learning these valuable tools, which can not only bring beauty to their lives, but also the chance to grow their own food and discover more about nature.

Southern Cast Iron

Lecture de 5 min

In its summertime glory, a Southern garden is nothing short of an oasis. Between the towering tomato plants and the crookneck squash with vibrant yellow flowering buds, recipes are born and memories are made. Serving as the backbone of many of our fa

Kitchen Garden

Lecture de 3 min

I used to have a conventional ornamental garden around the house. It never worked though, because I don’t see the point in growing purely ornamental plants and I have too little time. It just became neglected and weedy, and badly needed a revamp. I w

Garden Gate

Lecture de 1 min

Here’s a reliably double coneflower that won’t start sending up single blooms later in the season as some varieties do. That sunshine yellow color is super easy to work in to any color palette. Perennial Blooms: Soft yellow blooms in summer Light:

The Gardener Magazine

Lecture de 1 min

As spring gardens start to bloom and flourish, dry-region gardeners should note the 'irrigate' days for deep watering. It's especially important to regularly irrigate autumn planted flowering bulbs and newly transplanted perennial shrubs. Tackle two

Good Organic Gardening

Lecture de 1 min

Spring is the season most gardeners love the most. All that beautiful new growth and flowering makes it feel like the world has awakened, fresh and happy. It’s high spring and everything is growing its socks off. Regular feeding, consistent watering

Kitchen Garden

Lecture de 4 min

The experts at Suttons are always a step ahead when it comes to our gardens and allotments, and 2019 is set to be packed with exciting new products. The 2019 seed range is all about trying new varieties and growing something different, and the stunni

Amateur Gardening

Lecture de 2 min

FIERY foliage, bright berries and vibrant flowers – it’s a powerful trio that sets borders ablaze, helping to make autumn arguably the most visually spectacular season in the garden. But if your plot is shady this might seem difficult to achieve. It

Amateur Gardening

Lecture de 1 min

This perennial wallflower makes a neat, tidy plant that’s covered in purple-mauve flowers from late winter to summer – often until the first frosts of late autumn. The blooms are set above attractive silvery-grey-green mounds of evergreen foliage. H:

Garden Gate

Lecture de 2 min

It’s time to start dreaming about what to plant this year, and there’s no better way to kick start plans than with this year’s roster of new plants. WHAT’S NEW? There’s lots of drama this year, from head-turning flowers to foliage with “wow!” power.

New Zealand Woman’s Weekly

Lecture de 1 min

February is one of the hottest months of the year, so it’s essential to keep your plants thoroughly hydrated. A long soak is much better than light sprinkles as it encourages deeper rooting, thus helping to give plants better pest-and drought-resista

Good Organic Gardening

Lecture de 2 min

Our visit to the marvellous Melbourne International Flower & Garden Show back in late March, when we were beginning work on this issue, got us wildly excited about ornamentals all over again. The floral and foliage displays, which were gorgeous as us

Garden Gate

Lecture de 1 min

Blooms Tiny tubular hooded two-lipped yellow or white flowers in repeated whorled clusters along each stem emerging from handsome olive-green foliage in summer to fall Light Full sun to part shade Soil Dry to medium Pests None serious Size 2 to 6

Pick Me Up

Lecture de 2 min

Lockdown created another three million more gardeners! And with people still spending more time at home, it’s the perfect opportunity to make your garden, no matter what size, look its best. Squire’s Garden Centres tell us some of the key garden tren

The English Garden

Lecture de 2 min

However nice your pots, the plants should be the stars of the show. The general rule is to ensure that the plant mass is always as big or bigger than the container. Most small spaces look better with one large pot with a decent specimen plant, rather

Your Home

Lecture de 1 min

While the odd day may be mild and sunny this month, beware the frosty nights. Garden centres and online retailers are actively selling tender bedding plants but don’t be tempted to invest in any unless you have a frost-free environment, such as a con

The English Garden

Lecture de 1 min

• Encourage pollinators as stores of nectar and pollen deplete. Late-flowering perennials, such as sedum, verbena and echinacea are perfect. • Keep deadheading. Focus on container plants, annuals, dahlias and roses to keep the flowers coming for as l

The English Garden

Lecture de 2 min

The fruit harvest is almost upon us and with it the pressure of how to put yet another kilogram of juicy berries or plums to good use. If the prospect of bringing the next saucepan of jam to a rolling boil inspires immediate fatigue, you could do wor

The Gardener Magazine

Lecture de 1 min

These weird and wonderful evergreen perennials, which flower for months on end, originated from the crossing of two Australian species to get a large range of dwarf cultivars (50 – 60cm x 45cm) with big flower power in a wide array of bright colours.

BBC Gardeners' World

Lecture de 3 min

Summer shifts and alters its angle. None of the freshness that June inherits from spring remains, but in its place there is a lushness and richness of colour, texture and sheer volume. Another wave of plants takes over the reins from the early summer