Autumn tidy up in the garden
Spring and summer colour often starts with the preparation of your garden in the autumn and early winter. It’s a great time to look back over the last year and plan for next year....
Category: Gardening How To
Notes on creating a wildflower meadow
Create a wildflower meadow to support wildflowers, insects and birds in your garden Learn how to create your own wildflower meadow or area in your garden with GardenAdvice.co.uk It’s one of the most rewarding gardening...
How to care for older wisteria
Caring for an older or established wisteria – as wisteria become established they can provide a magnificent display in the late spring As wisteria become old they also become more robust and able to...
How to – Autumn rose care
Autumn and early winter are traditionally the best times to plant roses. Although a lot of complicated advice is provided about pruning roses they are one of the easiest plants to prune. Roses can...
Autumn lawn care
How to care for your lawn after the hot summer The very hot summer caused the grass plants to die back, especially the roots. To help the grass recover spike with a garden fork...
Winter fruit tree care notes
Autumn and winter months are key months for producing great summer fruits, such as apples, pears and nectarines from your fruit trees freestanding trees or trained against a wall or a fence as a...
How to grow your own shrubs from cuttings
As your GardenAdvice MyGardenTeam service gardener has no doubt told you, to grow your own shrubs and perennial plants from cuttings is easy, which if true is you have several years of experience taking...
How to – Rose care for the autumn
Feeding your roses Feed with liquid tomato feed will help to produce more flowers next spring. Then in a few weeks add a feed of a product called Top Rose Blackspot on your roses...
How to divide perennial plants
Dividing your perennial plantsAutumn is traditionally the best time to divide perennial plants such as Kniphofia, agapanthus, penstemon, rudbeckia and other perennials with fleshy rootsThe reason for dividing perennial plants is that if left...
How to create some spring colour in your garden
As we get into autumn now is the time to plant some spring bulbs Iris reticulata’Early season flowering bulb planted in the ground or in pots with John Inness compost Crocus bulbsEarly season flowering...
