If you love Nasturtiums and hanging baskets, then you are really going to like this new variety nasturtium that looks great in any hanging basket display.
Tag: Growing from seed
How to grow runner beans
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.
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!
Growing Delosperma from seed
Delosperma, in my mind is the one of the easiest, hardiest and stunning of the Aizoaceae household. It is unique, versatile and highly colourful!
Growing Lathyrus odoratus Fragrantissima from seed
Sweetpeas are know for their fragrance and this variety ‘Fragrantissima’ is no exception. With a wide range of colours, Lathyrus odoratus Fragrantissima is a must have for your garden this summer.
Growing Courgettes
A growers guide to courgettes: Courgettes are very easy to grow and will provide you will a good, sustained crop throughout the summer months.
Growing Canna Lilies From Seed
Growing Canna Lilies from seed is incredibly easy to do and will produce plenty of these tropical flowering plants in no time at all.
Seeds: Garden flowers for children
A selection of garden flowers for your children to grow from seed. Help make develop the next generation of gardeners.
Vegetable seeds to sow in August
August need not be a quite month in the potting shed. There are still plenty of vegetables seeds to sow during August.
Flower seeds to sow in August
There are still a few flowering plant seeds to sow during August for Spring colour.
Three Sisters Vegetable Gardening
We have all heard by now of the benefits of good companion planting and the result that can be achieved from using a harmonious, inter-cropping system. The correct kind of companion planting may yield a stronger, healthier crop as well reduce labour, as some plants can be used to suppress weeds or even improve soil quality. Introducing the Three Sisters!
Vegetables seeds to sow during July
Here are a few tips and a list of vegetable seeds to try during July. Fill those wasteful gaps on your allotment this summer!
Flowers seeds to sow in July
July is not a month to be sitting on your laurrels! Here is a list of seeds to sow and some practical advice to get the most out of your seedlings during this summer month.
Vegetable seeds to sow in June
June offers plenty of opportunities to fill those empty spots down on the allotment. Here is a list of vegetable seeds to sow during June.
Flower seeds to sow in June
A selection of flowers that you can sow during the month of June.
‘Easy to grow’ flowers
A list of common, easy to grow flowers for your garden this summer. For the first time gardener.
Growing Helleborus From Seed
Winter flowering Helleborus are surprisingly easy to grow from seed. A highly rewarding long flowering perennial – attractive in the garden all year round.
Bird of Paradise – Strelitzia Seeds
The Bird of Paradise or Strelitzia reginae, is the most tropical flowering plant that money can buy and now you can grow them from seed.


















