Half-fill a 2 to 3 litre pot with peat-free compost. Position the tuber in the container, keeping the central stem upwards, ...

Another way of making a small space feel larger is to plant lots of the same plant. This means the eye travels smoothly ...

March 2025 when the clocks spring forward, giving us all earlier morning light. Plus, the feeling that spring is well and ...

You don’t need an allotment or a huge garden to grow your own vegetables. Instead, all you need is a pot or container. So, here are my top ten vegetable crops for containers. Many people think they ...

This houseplant is one of the hardest to kill, so even the busiest home office worker will struggle to take it beyond the brink of saving. If you are looking for a very hardy north-facing home office ...

I love to watch spring bloom, seeing plants and wildlife come alive in the garden again, and seeing my spring bulbs pop up to bring some fantastic colour. A new year can bring new mistakes in the ...

Forcing rhubarb normally takes up to eight weeks to be ready to harvest. Keep checking on them periodically. Once they are about 30cm tall, they are ready. Perhaps mark 30cm on the inside of your ...

You can plant first early seed potatoes in the ground in late March to early April once the risk of hard frosts has passed.

Dahlias originate from Mexico and are frost tender. Therefore, they’ll need to be kept in either a frost-free greenhouse or ...

Call in the spring with camellias. These hardy shrubs have glossy evergreen leaves and romantic floral displays that herald the end of winter. Camellias burst into flower in February, just as the rest ...

Phlox are an old favourite having been grown in British gardens for more than 250 years. Mainly native to North America, there are around 68 different species. There are a wide range of types found ...

Compost being sold on garden centre shelves are more often labelled as ‘peat-free’. Peat has been used in the horticulture industry since the 1960s, but there have been calls for it to be banned. This ...