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Plants and shrubs | 15/04/2012
A perennial plant is a term for a plant that lives for more than two years, they can live for only a few years or for many, many years.
They will commonly die off over the winter, especially flower...
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Plants and shrubs | 15/04/2012
Lavender plants need to be pruned every year, cutting off a maximum of 1/3 of the branch to prevent it from becoming woody and gnarly looking. This also encourages new growth and keeps it healthy look...
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Trees | 13/03/2012
The most dangerous times for a magnolia, especially young ones, are when the tree is starting to bud but there are still frosts around.
Whilst the tree will most likely survive, it may well lose th...
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Pests, diseases and other issues | 22/11/2011
Slugs and snails will cause no end of damage to your plants and flowers and their destructive path needs to be stopped. Outlined here are several approaches you can take to put a stop to their havoc.
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Pests, diseases and other issues | 17/11/2011
Ants climbing on your plants can be a sign of aphid infestation.
It is unusual to see ants climbing around on plants so seeing this can be sign of aphid (either greenfly, blackfly or whitefly) infe...
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Flowers | 20/11/2011
In the UK a splash of colour can add vibrancy to the winter months, and the best way to do is with some beautiful flowering plants amongst the usual evergreen plants. Think about positioning, there is...
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