For most people gardening is about plants. Admittedly, features like paths, walls, fences and decks play part in creating the[...]

For a gardener, the garden soil is probably the single most important thing in your garden. Everything good in the[...]

Acanthus mollis Common name : Oyster Plant, Bear’s Breeches Family : Acanthaceae Acanthus mollis is a plant I very often[...]

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Bamboo is undoubtedly one of my favourite plants. I almost always use it in gardens I create. Bamboo has striking[...]

This urban garden transformation was the first gardening I ever did. The garden was in Tooting in South London and[...]

The pictures on this page show the garden in its first spring and early summer. One thing to note is[...]

It is important to carry out a soil texture analysis for any garden that you want to plant in. This[...]

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According to the late Christopher Lloyd, whose Great Dixter garden featured multiple dahlia cultivars, dahlias are best in in late[...]

When I was a nipper, Mum and Dad were not gardeners. Our garden was so overgrown me and my mates[...]

In part 2 of this weed control series, I try to answer the simple, but not entirely straightforward, question -[...]