Grafted tomatoes and vegetables are becoming much more widely available. Fruit trees, roses, ornamental trees and difficult to propagate shrub varieties have been grafted for years. But [...]
Baby bedding plants can produce a fantastic summer display! If your fingers are pink and not green and if the seeds you sow never seem to come up, then growing pre-germinated seedlings is for [...]
What plants to buy at Easter might seem like an unnecessary question. But it’s surprising how many gardens look great around springtime but them lack colour at other times of the year. For [...]
House plants from the rain forest seems an unlikely scenario. But, after a recent visit to Central America I discovered that this is just where many of the plants that we have in our homes [...]
Shorter flowering bulbs are the perfect answer if your garden is exposed to strong winds. There is nothing more irritating than finding tall tulips snapped off by a sudden spring squall. Unless [...]
Potatoes in containers can finally get started! And it’s great to ‘grow your own’ again! Whilst I’m sure that the keenest veg gardeners have already got lettuce, broad beans, peas and [...]
The Winter Gardens at the Hillier Arboretum are a relatively new addition to the garden. I had heard about this new feature in the Sir Harold Hillier Arboretum and it claimed to be the largest of [...]
Gardening on the coast provides many challenges but also golden opportunities that I envy! Let me explain. Gardening right on the coast is to be challenged by nature. And the greatest challenge [...]
Moth Orchid is the number 1 indoor plant! Some background Once thought to be difficult and only a plant for the connoisseur, there has been a transformation in orchids! The moth orchid [...]
Winter scented flowers during the Coronavirus lockdown seem more intense. As I take my daily exercise I’ve been struck by how important plant scent is. My daily walk takes me past gardens [...]
