How to plant fruit trees
Fruit trees are best planted as bare root plants in the autumn which means the trees have been grown in a field in the soil, then when the plant drops its leaves and becomes...
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Garden planting notes for rear garden side border
To help you design the planting or additional planting for your garden or flower borders, your GardenAdvice MyGardenTeam gardener has created these notes for you. Next with your input we will create a planting...
Notes on garden planting for front border
To help you design the planting or additional planting for your garden or flower borders with your GardenAdvice MyGardenTeam gardener we have created these notes for you. After your input we will draw up...
Cornus hardwood cuttings
With the plants behind the pool, the cornus or dog wood stems you could take some hardwood cutting now autumn is the best time to take the cuttings – Details below Growing garden plants...
Drainage pitch planting and comfery tea
With the drainage ditch at the side of the house we could plant it with ground cover plants that will stabilise the ditch banks and can be strimmed down once a year to allow...
Cut down on weeding with mulching
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 use...
Dividing your perennial plants such as red hot pokers
Autumn is traditionally the best time to divide perennial plants such as Kniphofia, agapanthus, penstemon, rudbeckia and other perennials with fleshy rootsThe reason for dividing perennial plants is that if left to grow in...
Creating a simple compost heap with builders pallets
The best compost heaps the GardenAdvice Team have found over the years has been home made ones created with old builder pallets. These pallets are the same as what some Industrial racking suppliers use...
Clematis Jackmanii to add colour to your garden in August
A great way to add and extend the interest in your garden in August is to grow Clematis Jackmanii through and over existing shrubs and hedges. The pictures show a clematis being used to...
Gravity feed irrigation for your garden.
With climate change, it’s lightly that we will face long dry periods with no rain and hosepipe bans in the summer.So using your own water will be key to keeping your garden green. One...