Planting Ideas

  • Calathea ‘Network’ – easy to grow houseplants

    While I have grown lots of plants indoors in my time, I'd never grown what I now think is .....

  • Snowdrops – essentials for the winter garden

    I love this time of year. Dark, cold days, punctuated by bursts of feeble winter sunshine, when the gems .....

  • Easy gooseberries for bumper crops

    To my mind, everyone needs to plant a gooseberry in their garden to ensure a delicious crop of fruit .....

  • Snake’s head fritillaries – great for bees

    These classy bulbs deserve a place in everyone's garden, whether naturalised in grass, planted in a border or grown .....

  • Aprium ‘Cot ‘n’ Candy’ – great tree for small gardens

    In the hunt to find trees suitable for small gardens, we often overlook the benefits of planting fruit. Not .....

  • Pulmonarias – perfect for sun or shade

    Some of the most beautiful spring-flowering plants that grow well both in sun and shade are forms of pulmonaria. .....

  • Helleborus foetidus – elegant winter foliage

    Helleborus foetidus Common name: Stinking hellebore The unappealing common name of this plant refers to the strong, pungent .....

  • Camellias – best types to grow

    When it comes to making a decision about which are the best camellias to grow, I realise that I .....

  • Redcurrants for fruitful pickings

    When I was a small child, my parents – who weren't blessed with a green finger between them – .....