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If your tomato plants aren't looking healthy as you were expecting, you might be making one of these five common errors. We ...
Our new magazine is packed full of ideas and practical gardening tips to help you make the most of your garden. You’ll find planting inspiration for any size garden, guides to help you grow your own ...
Marigolds (Tagetes) are cheerful, brilliantly coloured half-hardy annual flowers that are long-standing favourites for summer borders and pots, blooming profusely for months through summer and into ...
Choose from our list of 20 of the best plants to grow in your bathroom, whether it's cool, warm, humid or dry. From the experts at BBC Gardeners' World Magazine.
How to grow Virginia creeper. Grow Virginia creeper in moist but well drained soil in sun to shade. Offer support in the form of canes or a small piece of trellis in the first two years, until it ...
Trachelospermum jasminoides – the classic star jasmine is a woody, evergreen climber with rich, dark green leaves which turn bronze in winter. The scented white flowers appear from mid- to late summer ...
If you're looking for large cat-friendly house plants, why not try a Kentia palm or parlour palm?Or perhaps a hanging plant like string of hearts to improve the look of a shelf? There are also lots of ...
Keep your garden full of colour through autumn with a selection of late-flowering perennials, bulbs and shrubs. Some of the most popular plants for late colour include asters, sedums and Japanese ...
New to gardening? Browse our list of features and gardening tips on garden design, including how to start a garden from scratch. BBC Gardeners' World Magazine.
To grow ginger at home, pick up some fresh ginger root from your supermarket or grocery store – it's usually sold alongside herbs or with garlic and chillies.Check the root over carefully, choosing a ...
Grass seed germinates at different rates, depending on various factors such as the grass species, weather, time of year and soil moisture. Typically, germination takes between five and 10 days. Once ...
The traditional lawn is becoming less favourable now that droughts are more common as the effects of climate change intensify. On drought-prone, free-draining soil, lawn grass turns brown when under ...