Houseplant Care Guides
Practical, real-home plant care — watering, light, propagation, pests, and seasonal advice, reviewed by experienced indoor gardeners.
Gardening for Flower Arrangement
Garden Inspiration for Flower Arrangements Ideas carried out in the garden, either in the contrast or combination of colors in a border or in the way in which they grow together can often give ideas…
Planting and Pruning Shrubs
Preparing Soil for Shrubs If the soil is not particularly good, you will need to improve it.
Growing Peaches on Walls
The peach is a hardy fruit, tougher than it looks. It will grow and ripen fruit successfully even in the north of England, given a south-facing wall.
Growing Cherries on Walls
There are two groups of cherries – add and sweet. Both grow best on a wall when they are fan-trained.
Woody Growth in Plants
Buds and Annual Growth When the axis of a bud expands to form a new length of stem, the fallen bud-scales leave ring scars, or girdle scars, at its base.
Arrangements Using Wild Flowers
Laws vary from country to country so make sure you don’t collect any endangered species. Best to cultivate your own wild flowers if possible, as there are many seed packs available nowadays.
Growing Grapes Against Walls
Since the 1960s there has been a great upsurge of interest in the growing of grapes outdoors, with hundreds of acres being planted for wine-making.
Jugs for Containers to Arrange Flowers
Jugs as Flower Containers Through History For some hundreds of years jugs of all types, shapes and sizes, have been used to hold flowers.
Arrangements With Everlasting Flowers
One of the most important things to remember about everlasting flowers is that, above all, they should be used sparingly and with discretion.