House plants, like people, often enjoy a spell outdoors, in warmth, sunshine and fresh air. Come autumn, many popular summer patio...

Garden flowers are divided according to their life-cycles, into three types. Annuals complete their life-cycle, from sowing to flowering and...

Some flowers, such as lupins, delphiniums and chrysanthemums, are best propagated from cuttings of new shoots. In early March, lift and bring under glass, or cloche outdoors, the dormant stools or clu...

Patios are now very popular features in many gardens and they will be enhanced by tubs and other ornamental containers filled with bulbous and other subjects. This method of cultivation is especial...

When referring to succulents many people speak rather of ‘cacti’ and include in that name the other groups – if, indeed, they realise that there are other groups. Now, t...