The prestigious RHS Medals and Awards are handed out as the Show opens. Take a tour of the gardens and see if you agree with ...
Malvern Autumn Show celebrates the best of the harvest with fruit & veg competitions, awards for vintage dress, cake bakes ...
Provision of gardens needs to be central to UK housebuilding targets to ensure liveability of Government’s 1.5 million new ...
Lettuces are quick and easy to grow, and come in many colours, flavours and textures – your salads need never be boring! Choose from large hearting lettuces to loose-leaf types and salad-leaf mixes ...
Timing The main pruning season is late winter to early spring, but some can also be pruned in early summer after their first flush of flowers Although there are numerous clematis species, hybrids and ...
If you’re looking to bring some greenery into your home, you’re in the right place. In each Houseplant 101 episode, plant enthusiast and RHS Garden Wisley Horticulturalist, Alex Young, will talk you ...
Lavatera are stress-free, good value plants. Although the shrubby types are not very long-lived, they remain firm favourites with many gardeners for their profuse summer-long flowering. Here we look ...
Broccoli, or sprouting broccoli, is a delicious, nutritious and easy-to-grow member of the cabbage family. It forms multiple small clusters of purple or white A bud is a small, undeveloped shoot that ...
L. angustifolia is a bushy shrub with strongly aromatic silvery or grey-green leaves and dense flower spikes of fragrant flowers. Cultivars in shades of purple to blue, pink and white, flower from ...
A productive greenhouse can be in use for most of the year. Heated greenhouses allow for maximum, year-round use but are rarely cost effective. When growing in greenhouse borders, reduce the build-up ...
Cheerful and fun, zinnias are half-hardy annuals grown as a bedding display or cut flower crop for a sheltered and warm site. They perform best in a good summer.
Thyme (Thymus) is a compact evergreen shrub with small aromatic leaves. It’s easy to grow in a warm, sunny spot, in free-draining soil or containers. It’s also drought tolerant and needs little ...