Protect your garden against deer and rabbits
Rabbits, Deer And How To Stop Them Playing Havoc In The Garden In the past, in my various gardening roles, I have been lucky enough not to experience too many problems with bunnies and...
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Plants for narrow garden borders
Planting a narrow border can be a challenging project as not many plants are suited to grow in confirmed spaces whilst looking good. Listed below are a few explains of plants the GardenAdvice Team...
Ground elder in new and existing borders
On the new and existing garden borders that contain ground elder if you install ground or weed sheeting covered by bark mulch that will stop the ground elder and kill it through lack of...
Pruning climbing honeysuckle
Pruning climbing honeysuckle is an essential task to keep the plant healthy and looking its best. Here’s how to do it: Identify the stems that need pruning. Look for any dead, diseased, or damaged...
Overwintering Geraniums.
Overwintering geraniums – As the season draws to a close its time to save you summer geraniums before the hard frosts arrive.To do this dig up you geranium plants and cut them back to...
Getting Your Christmas Cactus To Flower.
Treat them mean and keep them keen – A term not often used in relation to plants but in the case of a Christmas Cactus its the key to getting them to flower at...
Planting for interest near a privet hedge
Privet hedges are quite hungry and deplete the soil near to them of organic matter and nutrients so to grow plants near to a privet hedge you need to improve the soil with spent...
Plants for creating a seaside style garden
Plants for creating a seaside style garden Tamarix Armeria griselinia littoralis festuca glauca elijah blue verbascum gainsborough echium vulgare Cordyline Australis Red Star Rosmarinus officinalis GardenAdvice one day gardening course for beginners designed to...
Native bluebells
There are two species of bluebell found in the United Kingdom. Native or British bluebell and non-native Spanish bluebell. Cross-breeding between the two species means you may spot flowers which combine traits from both....
Mulching your garden borders
One of the keys to creating a low maintenance gardening is to use mulches to suppress the weeds and reduce the need for weeding. In areas that are predominantly trees and shrubs you can...
