Author: GardenAdvice

Here at GardenAdvice,we offer advice to gardeners on many pest that can be found in the garden, one of which is the Mealy Bug. For control of this pest our experts recommend a few...

Rasberrry canes I don’t think that there will be a problem relplanting in the same place providing you dig in plenty of your compost and well rotted horse manure.I think Thompson and Morgan have...

Growing Plants in Shade: Trees and Understory Plants Gardening in a shaded area can be incredibly rewarding, offering a tranquil environment filled with plants that thrive away from direct sunlight. Shade gardens often have...

Slugs. A simple way to get rid of them is to pick them up and put them in a bucket of salt water.Slugs like to breed in areas of leaf debris so clearing up...

Plants for your rockery here are some of our favourites. Small, slow growing Arabis, Campanula, Dianthus, Erodium, Geranium, Erinus alpinus, Thymus drucei ‘Coccineus, Reds flowering low growing plants are Fuchsia Tom Thumb, Aubrietia ‘Bressingham...

Wood ashes contain potassium,some phosphorous and magnesium.They also contain calcium which makes the soil more alkaline so do not put on any of your lime hating plants like Rhododendron, Azaleas or Conifers as they...

Trees that will do well on clay, for instance Holly (slow growing), Cotoneaster Cornubia or Eucalyptus gunnii (to be pruned back) if you are looking for an evergreen or hornbeam or birch for something...

There is no reason why you should not grow soft fruits such as gooseberry plants in containers. However the container should be as large as possible,the old half barrel containers are ideal. The other...

Plants suitable for a waterlogged garden here are a few plant suggestions:- Carpinus betulus,Populus,Salix,Cornus,Sambucus,Pyrus,Quercus robur,Taxodium distichum and Populus Alnus. The willow (Salix) in particular is good on wet soils and there are loads of...