Category: Head Gardener

Clover in your lawn you need to treat it with a weed killer called verdone which is the strongest chemical available for this purpose. The clover has a waxy leaf so will need treating...

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This is a plant list for shady border – white flowers and white variegated plants. Assuming the border is still open to the sky but receives little or no direct sunshine. Hedera colchia ‘Dentata...

Ideally you need to feed you indoor and also you outdoor cyclamen plants with a high potash and low nitrogen feed.This is because the high potash will help to create new flowers and he...

Propagate Wisteria from seed the best way is to open the pod and remove the seed. As the seed has a hard coat you are probably best off ‘chipping’ it. You can do this...

The best time to use lawn weedkiller is in May, when plants are growing at their fastest rate, particularly if you are using Verdone or a dry phosphate. All plants have a chemical growth...

A good way of growing your vegetables is on raised beds.You can either create beds by sleepers or some other hard landscaping means or simply mound the soil up so that the soil will...

Problem border I think your best bet is to improve the growing conditions by adding grit, soil conditioner and mulching the border so that there is a barrier between the plants and the spores...

Pruning apple trees you do not want to prune them too severely in the spring months if they are not used to it,as any pruning done at this time will promote growth and over...

How to control your ivy I would cut it down at ground level and use ‘Root Out’ on the cut surface then cover the stum with black plastic so that the crystals can work...