This light and airy space with beautiful garden views is the perfect spot to catch up with friends and family for a coffee and cake, leisurely lunch or an indulgent afternoon tea. Our ethos is to ...

Most trees and shrubs have potential to make hedges. More information on suitable species can be found on our selecting plants for hedging page. Hedging plants are often supplied as These have been ...

What does the science actually tell us about wildlife gardening? Urban ecologist Dr Mark Goddard busts five common beliefs to ...

Get useful advice from Paul Kettell at RHS Garden Wisley on why your fruit may fall, how it helps wildlife and try a ...

It’s pumpkin season, but which are the best ones when it comes to taste and carving for Halloween? Find expert advice from ...

When it comes to planning a new garden, a combination of long-term and short-term thinking is ideal, so you need two kinds of plants. Some that will mature into impressive specimens over time, even if ...

Beetroots are deliciously sweet and colourful, packed with vitamins, minerals and other beneficial compounds, and very easy to grow from seed. Sow small batches regularly from spring through to ...

A bushy, spreading evergreen sub-shrub to 75cm tall, with very aromatic, finely veined, grey-green, oblong leaves to 6cm long and 2.5cm wide and short spikes of pale blue flowers in early summer.

'Carré Rouge' is a compact, erect, evergreen shrub to 2.5m tall, with glossy, lanceloate leaves, brilliant red when young, later turning dark green. Panicles of small, creamy-white flowers appear in ...

It’s easy and fun to grow avocado plants from the large seed in shop-bought fruits. They make interesting foliage houseplants for a warm, bright windowsill, although they generally only last a few ...

Through late summer and autumn, chrysanthemums bring fresh vibrancy to borders and containers, just when many summer displays are fading. They make colourful, long-lasting cut flowers too.

A bushy large shrub or small tree to 6m, with pinnate leaves turning pale yellow in autumn, flat sprays of fragrant cream flowers in early summer followed by small black berries ...