Buddleja Buzz Plants

The dwarf Buddleja Buzz (Buddleia – butterfly bush) are very attractive, compact plants that are loved by bees and butterflies and are non-invasive. [...]

A Highly Scented Garden Jasmine

With its sweet and heady purfume, scented Jasmine will be the talk of the neighbourhood. Jasmine will grow rapidly over a trellice and provide plenty of garden delight. [...]

Pruning Fruit Trees

Fruit laden trees are a welcome sight in any garden. Pruning your fruit tree is one sure way to keep it healthy, looking great and producing an excellent yeild, year after year. [...]

Sweet Scented Honeysuckle Plants

A collection of some of the most fragrant, sweet scented honeysuckle plants you can grow in your garden. [...]

Taking Hardwood Cuttings – Advice

Taking Hardwood Cuttings

There’s nothing better than something good for free. Swapping seeds and cuttings is a good way of filling your garden with a rich diversity of plants, especially for those of us operating on a tight budget.

Autumn, through to Spring is an excellent time to establish plenty of hardwood cuttings of perennial plants and [...]

Growing Heather

Wildlife GardenLooking after and growing Heather: Heathers will flower at all times of the year and are prized for their long blooming winter flowering varieties. [...]

Garden Plants: Bamboo

Bamboo - Phyllostachys Aureocaulis - Gold BambooAdding interest with “architural” Bamboo plants in your garden. A refreshing splash of green can be added to any garden with these robust a calming plants. [...]

Hardy Hibiscus with large flowers!

Hibiscus Newbiscus - Hardy, large flower variety!The Hibiscus can add a dash of the tropics to the canvas of any garden. Now a new variety promises the hardiness of Syriacus and the gigantic blooms of Northern Lights. [...]

Growing a fig tree in the UK

Fig: Brown TurkeyFor the past five years, I have been caring for a wonderful fig tree (Brown Turkey) in my south-westerly facing courtyard garden in a 12inch pot. [...]

Acers – Japanese Maple

Acer - seed mixAcers, also know as the Japonese Maple, don’t require a large garden to spread their small but delicate deciduous branches and can easily been grow in good sized pots for portability. [...]

Flowering Cherry

Prunus Accolade - Flowering CherryThe fast growing Japonese flowering cherry – one of the most spectacular and hardy ornamental fruit trees. [...]