Blog – tagged "flowers" – Page 4

May 21, 2023

How do I plant dahlia tubers?

Dahlias are one of the stars of the late summer, early autumn border and are so generous, just keep on picking and they will keep on flowering. Pop vases full of blooms around the house. There are sizes to suit every palette from the small single flowered varieties to the huge showy cactus blooms.

May 21, 2023

How to care for roses in April

Give your roses a little bit of care in April and they will bloom beautifully for the rest of the season. Even if you only have a small backyard you can still grow roses in a large container, they just need a little bit of extra care.

July 29, 2022

July tasks in the garden

July is the time of year when all our planning and hard work is paying off and we have an outdoor space to be proud of but there are still a few tasks to do, but the emphasis this month is to relax outdoors on comfy garden furniture and fire up the barbie.

June 18, 2019

How To Dead Head And Prune Roses After They Have Finished Flowering

Regular deadheading and pruning of you roses will enable the plant to keep on producing flowers for as long as possible. This short video shows how easy it is to keep your roses in great shape.

January 20, 2019

Heavenly Hellebores

This blog tells you how to grow these spring beauties and gives you some idea of the best varieties to grow. Once you have several varieties they will cross-pollinate and you will end up with your very own unique varieties.

January 20, 2019

Grow Viburnum For Winter Scent And Colour

This blog takes you through the positive aspects of growing viburnum for interest in the winter season when there is little else in the garden. it's versatility lends it to filling gaps in the herbaceous border or forming part of a mixed evergreen hedge.

July 7, 2017

How Do I Grow Penstemons?

This blog takes you through how to grow penstemons in your garden. They are incredible value for money, producing showy flowers over a long period, lasting as a garden plant for decades and also able to be split for lots more plants.

January 16, 2017

Hayes Hellebores

You know spring has arrived when hellebores appear in your garden. This blog tells you how to grow these beauties and describes the new varieties on offer.

April 17, 2013

How To Create Colourful Containers

If you just have a backyard and no growing space then creating the right atmosphere has to depend upon growing plants in containers. Containers allow you to give the plant exactly what it needs. If you have an alkaline soil and love rhododendrons and azaleas then growing in containers is the answer. Here we give you some tips for keeping your containers in tiptop condition.

May 23, 2012

How To Be Bee-Friendly

Bees are currently under threat but you can reverse this decline by just planting a few new plants or making an insect hotel. Bees are essential for our food production so read the blog for a few tips on how you can help.