Category: Head Gardener

It’s best to clear autumn leaves from the lawn regularly through the autumn and early winter period as if left they become damp and wet and can cause course fungal diseases in the grass....

Now is a great time we getting your compost heap ready for the onset of winter. If you have an existing compost heap that has been started in the summer now is a good...

Mushrooms in lawns are quite natural they are the fruiting bodies from mycelium that forms beneficial symbiotic relationship with the grass plants in the lawn helping them to uptake water and nutrients. The mycelium...

Hydrangeas are not overly keen on being pruned back hard as they tend not to recover quickly from aggressive pruning. Ideally you need to leave any pruning until early spring just as the buds...

As winter starts the drawing in and you turn the heat on in your house there’s a couple of jobs you need to carry out in the garden to make sure your more tender...

Frosted bottle brush all I think you can do is wait and see.Come spring it may well start sprouting again.You could possibly protect it now with horticultural fleece, however the worst of the damage...

Most Clematis are pretty good-natured about a north-facing sitting, and they are fast growing – Clematis montana has a profusion of pinkish flowers in spring and Clematis armandii has a beautiful smallish white flower...

Sow February to July at around 15C (60F) on the surface of a free draining, sterile, damp peat/sand mix compost.Light is required for germination so do not cover the seeds – just gently press...

Question What is the best way to control weeds? Which is the best fabric, a polyethylene type fabric or hessian? Answer For weed control,the fabric we recommend is one from Tenax.co.uk and can be...