Houseplant Care Guides
Practical, real-home plant care — watering, light, propagation, pests, and seasonal advice, reviewed by experienced indoor gardeners.
Spring Bedding Plants
Wallflowers These will be sown in June or July in the reserve garden in rows. 300 mm (1 ft) apart. Thin the plants out early and transplant them 300 mm (1 ft) apart.
Best Plants for the Bathroom
Bathrooms aren’t just for self-care routines — they can also be perfect little homes for plants.
Ceanothus Growing Guide
Ceanothus, often called California lilac, is a stunning shrub that bursts with vibrant blue, purple, or white flowers in spring and summer.
Best Plants to Grow in a Kitchen
A kitchen is more than just a space for cooking—it can also be a thriving little garden.
Compost For Flower Growing
‘Everything that has lived can live again in another plant’ – this is the law of return, sometimes called the ‘Complete Cycle’.
Growing Gladiolus for Cut Flowers
Gladiolus can be successfully grown in almost any soil and position, but they give the best results in an open, sunny situation where there is some protection against strong winds.
Storing Dried Flowers
Storing flowers is a most important phase in the dried arranger’s calendar, when the preparation of file material is almost complete and when the final and culminating stage comes into sight – and a…
What Are Soil Pockets?
It may be worth while to explain to the novice in rock gardening that a soil “ pocket “ so frequently referred to is a flat bed of soil, supported by rocks.
How to Grow Lilies
There are some four hundred species, or so-called species, of the Lily family and I always feel that there are many more types and kinds than that.