Chitting or sprouting potatoes
Chitting or sprouting potatoes is a fun activity to do. It is simply the process of forcing seed potatoes into growth before they are planted out. Benefits of the task: Although it is not...
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Garden flowers for a July wedding in your garden
It can be tricky planning to produce flowers in your garden for an event such as a wedding or birthday party so often it’s best to plan with flowers that have a long flowering...
Christmas Gardening Present Gardening course for beginners Gift certificates available
Great Christmas present for the gardener in your life. We send a GardenAdvice experts to your garden to help educate you about your garden Over the last 20 years we have provides gardening gift...
Herbaceous perennials for alkaline or chalky soils
Perennial plants suitable for alkaline or chalky soils. With chalky soils not all plants are suitable for the alkaline conditions that chalky soil produce. So you can use plants suited or able to withstand...
Garden shrubs for alkaline or chalky soil
Garden Shrubs for use on chalk / alkaline soil With chalky soils not all shrubs and trees are suitable for the alkaline conditions that chalky soil produce. So you must use shrubs and trees...
Drooping Hellebore flowers
Hellebore tend with both the foliage and flowers to droop naturally at this time of year just as they come into full flower – its a bit annoying to say the least, some of...
Apple tree care and general pruning rules
The GardenAdvice team are often asked about apple trees by a lot of clients, the key really is to set them up in the later autumn and winter months which will generate some great...
Plant suggestions for outdoor tubs and pots
Winter Scent – daphne auto marginata and Sarcococca hookeriana ‘Purple Stem’ both these plants provide fantastic scent in winter which is great to come home to on a damp wet day. Summer Scent –...
Climbers for a shady wall or fence
Clematis armandii If you are looking to cover a fence or wall with some climbers in a shady area here is a few questions from the GardenAdvice team It would also be worth growing...
Uneven lawn solutions
With uneven lawns a couple of solutions exist, firstly you can remove the turf by hand or a machine called a turf cutter level the area and relay the existing turf or you can...
