A vegetable plot isn’t complete without runner beans. They are so easy to grow and will yield a fine crop if you follow a few simple steps.
Buddleja ‘Buzz’ – Butterfly Bush
Buddleja Buzz Magenta is easy to grow and problem-free with a super long-flowering period. Perfectly proportioned for patio pots and smaller gardens
Japanese Painted Fern
The graceful & elegant fronds are quite incredible. In the first year, green leaves slide in hue to wondrous shades of slate grey & silver with distinct purple markings
Blight Resistant Tomato – Hanging Baskets
Growing cherry tomatoes in hanging baskets – Losetto is a blight resistant tumbling hybrid tomato which has done well in recent trials.
Growing vegetables in a small garden
Here are some vegetable selections that you might want to try if you want to use the space in your garden sparingly
Looking after your Passion Flower
A quick guide to growing, pruning and feeding Passiflora caerulea. An introduction to other varieties of the Passion Flower
Growing Mushrooms – Log Dowels – Kits
There are so many dowel kits to choose from – buying exotic mushrooms can be expensive, but it’s easy to grow them from your own back garden in logs.
Flowers for a dry garden
Growing flowers in a dry garden can be a real challenge. Here is a list of drought resistant flowering plants.
Sweet Pea: Lathyrus odoratus Fragrantissima
A favourite in any garden – Lathyrus odoratus Fragrantissima is considered to be one of the strongest scented sweet peas that money can buy.
UK Hardy Figs
Here in the UK, Fig trees can survive temperatures as low as -10C, produce bountiful crops of highly nutritious fruit and look great as a focal point in any sized garden.
Walton Polycarbonate Greenhouse Review
I have installed a Walton Polycarbonate greenhouse in my garden. I’m definately impressed so far. Seems to be of a good standard of construction.
Lining hanging baskets on a budget
You don’t have to spend a fortune on expensive hanging basket liners. With a little creativity, you can save a money and create and impressive display in your garden.
Blueberry Top Hat Plants
Blueberries grow best in an acid soil. If you don’t have acid soil, simply plant them in patio containers in ericaceous compost. Featuring Blueberry Top Hat.
£4.99 for 84 Busy Lizzies!
For anybody that loves Busy Lizzies, needs to add colour to a shady corner, or just can’t resist a bargain.
Growing garden plants from seed
There’s nothing quite like growing your own garden plants from seed. The best cure for the winter dulls!
Exotic garden plants from seed
There’s nothing like growing your own plants from seed. Here are some exotic flowering plants to try this year in your tropical border.
A climbing courgette for small gardens
What really makes this variety special and lead me to make such a compulsive order is that it is a climbing variety of courgette. Yes, you heard me correctly – a climbing courgette!
Give your hanging baskets a solar twizzle!
The solar twizzle will slowly rotates your hanging baskets by the power of the sun.