Author: GardenAdvice

If you want to grow shrubs for your own garden — or produce plants on a semi-commercial scale — one of the most cost-effective and reliable methods is combining a low, row-style polytunnel with...

Feeding Lavender for Strong Growth To enhance the performance of your lavender plants, consider incorporating a high nitrogen fertiliser into your care routine. A popular choice is Miracle-Gro All Purpose Plant Food, which contains...

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...

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....