
Keep dahlias free of earwigs, slugs and snails without chemicals
How to prevent slugs, snails and earwigs from destroying your dahlias without using chemicals. These ways are easier too.
How to prevent slugs, snails and earwigs from destroying your dahlias without using chemicals. These ways are easier too.
It can be difficult to choose plants for dry shade. I have a small triangular area between two paths, where I had hoped to grow rhubarb. It took me years…
Resilient flowers are an essential part of a successful garden. However carefully you choose the right plants for your weather, soil or zone, there’ll always be the unexpected weather event….
Gardener, photographer and author Claus Dalby has a display of dahlias in pots that look like a glorious herbaceous border. There must be several hundred pots massed together, with both…
If you can plant perennial flowers that bloom all summer, you’ll always have a beautiful border. Of course, we all want what Tom Brown of West Dean Gardens calls ‘the…
Midsummer is a good time to tweak your flower colour. The extra steps you take now will keep your border looking good throughout the summer and into autumn. You put…
Expert tips for planning and planting beautiful garden borders from award-winning head gardener Tom Brown of West Dean Gardens.
One of the odd things about early summer is that I always have to start thinking about what I should take out of my garden rather than what I need…
Perennials are the main flowering element of a successful mixed border. So I went to one of the UK’s premier perennial plant nurseries, Hardy’s Cottage Garden Plants, to talk to…
It’s easy to feel overwhelmed by your garden, especially in late spring when plants and weeds are bursting into growth. The gardening to-do list at this time of year can…
If you’re buying plants for shade, firstly think about what kind of shade you have in your garden. At least half your garden – wherever you live – is shady….
If you want to knock everyone’s socks off in spring, then you have to grow tulips. Tulips can do everything from exquisite good taste to a riot of carnival colours….