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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
‘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! 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! 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...
Guest blogger Deborah Catchpole writes about her early and formative gardening experiences... I'm a gardener. There; I've said it. It's not always the first thing that a 28 year old is willing to admit, but for me, it's something that has come to define who I am - or...
Gardening with children From a small seed a mighty trunk may grow. Aeschylus. Working in horticulture brings with it a certain responsibility - that of everyone else’s gardens! Friends, family, passing acquaintances and even complete strangers will freely ask your...
Guest blogger Rachel Davidson-Foster's post on her ongoing quest for the perfect garden. Was buying a house called “Brambles” an omen? I hope you will forgive me the women’s-magazine cliché that begins my story; 6 years ago I’m pregnant with my second child searching...