Put These 8 Things in Your TOMATO Planting Hole For The Best Tomatoes Ever

Perhaps not known for his greenfingers, it seems apt to quote the musician Paul Weller, who in 1978 gave us the great lyric ‘No matter where I roam, I will return to my English rose’. Because no matter how many other garden plants come and go, the popularity of the garden rose never seems to diminish. You might not see many in a Chelsea Flower Show garden but us gardeners know some good plants when we see them and roses regularly top polls for the nation’s favourite flower.

Tulips are popular around the World, often known as the soul of Spring, and historically symbolic for perfect love. Finding the perfect Tulip for your location can often be challenging, particularly as many of Tulip cultivar’s are fussy and short-lived.

Hedges are a classic garden feature. They’re a beautiful way to mark a boundary that avoids the blandness of garden fences and these living walls can dampen noise pollution, soak up groundwater, and provide a windbreak. Hedgerows are also a vital habitat for British wildlife, providing both food and shelter, so regular maintenance is an ecological as well as aesthetic necessity. Hand shears are a simple way to trim but if you have a lot of hedges or mobility issues, powered trimmers make the job much easier and quicker.

Hardy’s Cottage Garden Plants co-founder Rosy Hardy on one of the electric buggies used at the Hampshire nursery

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‘It’s life Jim but not as we know it.’ You may find it hard to believe that the bubbling broth I’ve been tending for the past few weeks is a plant. It’s even harder to explain this to a nine year old. That’s because it resembles a sample you might find in a doctors surgery but don’t let that put you off. So what qualif

Plants that Pleased at Chelsea I’ve been trawling through my many images of Chelsea and. Some are just for admiring – others I may well emulate. Orange was definitely the colour du jour with geums, verbascums and erysimums popping up in many of the gardens.

Seedy Stuff & Tasty Tomatoes I recently went to a talk by Paulo Arrigo who runs Seeds of Italy the British offshoot of Franchi Seeds, a company that has been growing and selling seeds in Italy since 1783. It was a fascinating talk on many levels; I hadn’t realised that (as in everything else) the Chinese now dominate the seed production market and much of the seed sold in the UK is of Chinese origin (often via Holland) and not always of good quality.

Where the Wild Things Grow Given the right conditions, there aren’t many gardeners who wouldn’t love to establish a wildflower meadow somewhere in their garden, but the reality is that starting from scratch can be a lengthy and tricky process. Read about it in one of the many books or features written on the topic – and you may well decide that it is all far too much trouble.

There are many greenhouses on the market in the United Kingdom but there are four independent greenhouse manufacturers that stand above the rest in terms of quality. These are Cultivar greenhouses, Alitex, Hartley Botanic and Gabriel Ash. All produce a Victorian Greenhouse and three produce cheaper  (or less expensive) models with wider pane centres.  In this guide we give you an idea of how much greenhouses cost from each supplier based on one of the most popular sizes of greenhouses in the UK – eight by ten foot. At this level all the greenhouses come with toughened safety glass, aluminium guttering, and reasonable ventilation as standard. How Much is a Cultivar Greenhouse ?

Plants add vitality to indoor spaces.There’s something refreshing about having greenery and

Are you a lavender lover but you’re not sure if these heat-seeking, Mediterranean natives can handle your cooler climate?Many types of these beautiful, aromatic herbs are frost tender