Different methods for pruning 'summer bearing' and 'everbearing' raspberries

Cherry tomatoes are a sweet garden treat and easy to grow in garden beds or containers. To ensure you enjoy the highest quality harvest, it’s important to know when to pick cherry tomatoes. If you harvest them too early, they’ll be underripe and you’ll miss out on maximum flavor. Wait too long and the thin-skinned fruits may split while still on the plants. Below I’ll share tips on how and when to pick cherry tomatoes for option flavor and quality. 

With their unique, climbing habit, vines are the perfect plants for adding vertical interest with bright summer colors to the garden.Most are fast growing, and their clinging o

In this article, we will delve into Bleeding Heart Flower Meaning and Facts, uncovering intriguing details about the characteristics and cultural significance of these flowers.

It's beach season and shell decor is trending. And honestly, we're all for it—it's the perfect summer aesthetic. Maybe it’s becauseThe Little Mermaid just came out or because mermaidcore is on the rise (mermaids: they're not just for kids anymore).

Upcycling old clothes and textiles in your garden can be a great way to find new life in old materials, and keep those items from waste streams. Making use of these old materials can also help us reduce the things that we may need to buy to maintain our gardens and transform them into the productive and attractive places we want them to be. 

A former AIB banker-turned-gardener says he feels “like a five-year-old getting presents” after winning a major award as well as a prestigious gold medal at the Chelsea Flower Show in London.

Palm trees are cherished for the tropical flair they add to any setting, but with so many palm tree types available, it can be hard to choose the right one for the landscape. When selecting palm trees for your garden consider function as well as environment. Some palm trees are well suited to planting as a specimen or accent, while others perform better along the edges of the landscape. Though we think of palms as sun-loving tropical plants, some have surprising cold or shade tolerance, expanding their range of use. We’ve helped simplify the selection process by organizing the different palm tree types into categories based on performance and visual characteristics.   

Is there any better feeling than a successful summer garden party? All your friends in one place, laughing and socialising in the summer sun. What's not to love?

Euonymus fortunei emerald n gold, this popular and dare I say common evergreen shrubby plant is a good choice for the garden border giving interest the whole year.

Courtyard Garden in Fife Scotland! well, its really part of our drive sectioned off. Take a look, see if it qualifies.

The season of late sunsets, swims in the sea and garden parties, summer is a joyous time, full of late sunsets, refreshing swims in the sea, blue skies and balmy weather. Also attendant to these warmer months are the myriad flowers on display no matter where you go: there are sweet-smelling peonies in Tesco, hydrangeas flowering on front lawns and ruby red zinnias sprouting in every park and field. To make the most of the the season's floral bounty, we've rounded up five simple flower arrangements perfect for a summer bouquet from the House & Garden archive.

Few plants can add the romance and cozy-cottage feeling to a garden like climbing hydrangea (Hydrangea anomala subsp. petiolaris, Zones 4–9) can. Whether it’s covering a semi-shady east-facing wall (an ideal spot), tumbling over a stone wall, or enveloping the trunk of a large, deciduous tree, climbing hydrangea can be a valuable asset, providing lush green foliage and masses of white, lacy umbels of flowers in early summer. Like many late spring and early summer flowering plants, climbing hydrangea is best pruned just after it blooms in late June so that new growth can form the next year’s flower buds by late summer. However, pruning right after blooming isn’t always practical because, like most vines, climbing hydrangea is a vigorous plant once established, and it can be difficult to see the overall structure of the plant with all of its leaves in full flush. Some selective pruning may need to be done nearly any month of the year, and that’s totally OK. But if you prune anytime from fall to spring, you may sacrifice some flowers.