Plus, the one plant you should NEVER prune this month.

The pink, purple, red and white colours provide beautiful displays. The ballerina-like flowers are too nice to miss, so a pot ...

1. Sow turnips now for quick late-summer roots. Choose a sunny, open patch with fine, moist soil, and sow thinly in shallow ...

As we approach the end of the month, the garden has seen almost 200 visitors come and enjoy the plot and eat my home-made ...

It goes without saying that the British climate is rather mild. However, with the advent of heat waves, the situation changes ...

Some of the most striking parts of the tour were self-seeded surprises rather than planned plantings. She highlighted ...

Sometimes you have to be cruel to be kind. In gardening, as in many walks of life, tough love has long-term benefits. By pinching out the growing tips of plants in early summer, you’ll get bushier ...

During the summer, we tend to hang out in the shaded areas  of the garden when the weather gets hot.  Brighten up the darker spaces of your garden with fuchsias, tuberous begonias, impatiens and New ...

Next week we will be marching into July. We are in the middle of summer and approaching the fall season. July is an important ...

Lavenders are wonderful, aromatic, evergreen shrubs with showy, fragrant flowers. Just brush your hand over the leaves on a ...

We look at the spectacular New Zealand flax plant that came to Britain in the 1700s and is now well established in Gourock and elsewhere.