PLACES TO VISIT, HORTICULTURAL SHOWS, COOL GARDENS
The Royal Wedding at RHS Chelsea
Celebrate Harry and Meghan’s big day
The Chelsea Flower Show is full of ways to celebrate the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, from...
FEATURED PLANTS AND FLOWER SEEDS
GARDENING NEWS, PRODUCTS, REVIEWS
ENVIRONMENT, HEALTH, COMMENT
Are we a nation of gardening idiots?
Is your plot a disaster area?
As embarrassing as it is, new research has revealed how hopeless the British are when it comes to our...
How to get rid of moths
Protect your clothes and carpets from infestation
The weather’s warming up and May is the prime time for a moth infestation in your clothes and...
FRUIT AND VEGETABLES
Blight-resistant outdoor tomatoes
New Phytophthora-resistant patio plants
Do you struggle to grow tomatoes outdoors? Well, Lubera has launched a new range of tomatoes that can be cultivated outdoors...
New balcony tomatoes
Not just fruit from specialists Lubera
Stuck for space but want to grow veg? Now you can grow tomatoes with Lubera's new balcony range.
The Swiss-based firm...
New Walnut Dwarf Karlik
Compact walnut suitable for small gardens and containers
Traditional walnut tree varieties have ruled them out for all but the biggest gardens - the classic...
GARDENING JOBS, TECHNIQUES, MY GARDEN
Key gardening jobs May 12-18
Support heavy flowers
Put supports in place for herbaceous plants for those like peonies that produce heavy blooms.
Maximise rose blooms
Tie in climbing and rambling roses as near to...
5 key bank holiday gardening jobs: May 5-11
Start hardening off plants
Harden off tender plants by leaving them outside for increasing periods of time, building up to overnight exposure for a fortnight, then...
5 key gardening jobs April 28-May 4
Catch-cropping with salads
In the veg garden, sow quick-growing crops, such as salads, between longer-term residents, such as brassicas, while they’re establishing.
Preserve water around fruit
Mulching fruit crops will...
