Where has this year gone? I used to hate November as it heralded the …
Flowers
Which flowers attract bees? And what should you plant for the best fragrance? All these questions and more are answered in these posts. Find out all you want to know about flowers here.
Totally Tulips
Tulips may not be on the top of everyone’s wish list but they certainly are on mine!
How to plant an easy fill hanging basket for winter
Sometimes our gardens can be slightly depressing and dull in winter, but why should our gardens suffer? You can create beautiful hanging basket displays for your garden this winter in 10 easy steps. Let our expert, Michael Perry guide you with his helpful video and...
Edible Flowers – useful in any garden
Edible flowers can make a useful and delightful addition to any garden – whether big, small and practical or pretty – they can help boost any garden in question. Edible flowers can be used in a variety of ways and grow easily and quickly for a fast harvest. I decided...
Favourite scented plants, voted by RHS members
The RHS conducted a survey in spring 2013, in which it asked its members for their favourite scented plants. Traditional flowers such as sweet peas, hyacinths and honeysuckle topped the list, which consisted mainly of spring-flowering plants. We've selected one of our...
Petunias – customer trial panel update
I love petunias but with last year's awful weather I was reluctant to grow them this year - I did not want to have another year of soggy flowers. As usual when the T&M plants catalogue came in spring there were so many new and unusual petunias I just could not...
Growing your own cut flowers
Who doesn’t love a jug of flowers on the kitchen table? When students arrive I pop warm muffins and a pot of fresh Fairtrade coffee on the kitchen table next to a jug of flowers. It makes people feel welcome and there are always comments on how lovely the flowers...
Boost butterfly numbers with ‘Buzz’™
‘Save Our Butterflies’ Week 18th - 26th May Last summer's disastrous impact on our butterfly population has been widely reported in recent weeks. So what can we do about dwindling butterfly numbers in 'Save Our Butterflies' Week? "Plant Buddleja 'Buzz'™!" is...
Grow your own – it’s not too late
Grow your own - it's not too late! Spring may be late this year, but there is still plenty of time to grow your own. In fact, waiting and sowing later when the soil and weather conditions are better means that your seeds will germinate more successfully than in cold...
Pick a bouquet a week – and the flowers still keep coming!
Pick a bouquet a week - and the flowers still keep coming! There’s a great deal of excitement at Thompson & Morgan, one of the UK’s largest mail order seed and plant companies. And it’s all about some very unusual plants! We’ve all seen bunches of alstroemeria (or...