Category: Head Gardener

John Innes Compost, ingredients. Sterilised Loam 7 parts, Peat 3 parts and, (John Innes Nos. 1, 2 and 3) Sharp sand 2 parts Sterilised Loam 2 parts Peat 1 part and, (John Innes Seed...

How to improve sandy soils the solution is to add loads of organic matter such as well rotted compost or farm yard or horse manure or ideally spent mushroom compost that’s been used to...

Variegated Eleagnus Pungens with many other evergreen plants often drop a large amount of leaves after or during the plant is being stressed.This stress can come in many forms such as a cold period...

Begonias make excellent and rewarding house plants.They need warm, humid and well-lit conditions but not direct sunlight.Generally,Begonias grown indoors will require some shading during summer.In winter a minimum night temperature of 12deg c(54 deg...

Garden pond waterfall Planting.The plants that can be used largely depend on if the waterfall is in shade or in a sunny position for example,plants that do well in sun near a waterfall are...

Creating a hanging vegetable garden,yes it should be possible we have helped a lot of people in the UK do this due to people living in flats and wanting to grow veg in a...

You can plant a number of plants in your garden that will help to control aphids and other harmful insects in your garden in a type of companion planting.Examples of these plants are as...

Asparagus plants planted as crowns are best planted in mid to later winter in frost free conditions and then for the first 4 to 6 weeks covered with a black plastic sheeting covered with...

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 tips on...

When you find toadstools in a lawn, there are generally two reasons why. Firstly, your turf has too much thatch.This is the dead matter that builds up at the base of the grass plants...