Category: Gardening Notes

A GardenAdvice Client Growing a climbing rose from a cutting Discovering Hidden Gems: The Beauty of Old Climbing Roses In many older properties and established gardens, there are often fantastic old climbing roses hidden...

🌿 Overall Planting Scheme The garden is designed around a strong structural framework (trees, shrubs, hedging), softened with naturalistic perennial planting. Planting is layered: Seasonal interest runs from: 🌳 Bed-by-Bed Planting Description & Plant...

How to Deal with Ground Elder in Garden Borders Ground elder is one of the most persistent and frustrating weeds you can encounter in a garden. It spreads quickly through underground roots (rhizomes), weaving...

Planting Through Landscape Sheeting – A Practical Method for Creating Low-Maintenance Borders 6 Creating a new planting bed in an existing lawn can be time-consuming if you dig everything out by hand. A much...

Box Caterpillar (Box Tree Moth) – Identification, Prevention and Control Box (Buxus) hedging and topiary are a classic feature in many UK gardens, but in recent years they’ve come under increasing attack from the...

The Importance of Training Climbing Roses for Maximum Flowering Climbing roses are one of the most rewarding plants in the garden, capable of transforming walls, fences, arches, and trellis into spectacular displays of colour...

Reversion in Variegated Shrubs – Why Green Shoots Appear and What to Do Variegated shrubs are popular in gardens because of their attractive foliage—typically a mix of green with white, cream, or yellow markings....

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Mulching is one of the simplest yet most effective steps you can take to improve the health and appearance of your flower borders. A good mulch does more than just make beds look tidy;...