Sow celery and celeriac seeds indoors now to produce vegetable garden transplants later in spring. Sow seeds of slow-growing ...

The National Trust has revealed the key reasons its roses are dying ...

Pitcher Sage, Lepechinia When I first learned about these plants, I thought they were simply unfamiliar salvias, and as a ...

Hummingbirds and their seemingly physics-defying ability to hover make them an absolute joy to watch but how do you attract ...

Generations of local rosarians know the mid-February holiday as the red-letter date for romancing their roses. It’s when we ...

Pruning changes the form and growth of a plant. Pruning can also be considered preventive maintenance for both insect and disease damage. Many problems may be prevented by pruning correctly during the ...

There are seedheads on the sedum (Hylotelephium ‘Autumn Joy’) and the Phlomis russeliana which give height and rusty colour at this time of year, and they provide shelter for insects as well as food ...

Climbing hydrangeas are the exception to this rule – they are pruned in summer, after flowering. Pruning prevents hydrangeas becoming woody and congested, and channels the plants' energy into ...