Gardening Advice
Choosing a Gardener :
Tips for choosing a professional gardener
Maintenance
Advice
A LOW maintenance garden :
Tips to
have a beautiful but easy to care for garden
January gardening
advice
February gardening
advice
March gardening
advice
April gardening
advice
May gardening
advice
June gardening
advice
July gardening advice
August gardening advice
September
gardening advice
October gardening
advice
November gardening
advice
December gardening
advice
Articles
Successful Container
Gardening
How to Prune Roses
Choosing
Plants
Evergreen plants :
Plants for all year
round interest
Clay soil :
Plants
that will be happy in clay soil
Drought tolerant plants :
Plants
that live if you forget to water them
Plants for wet or damp soil :
Plants that live in moist areas of the garden
Exposed Sites :
List of plants suitable for coastal and exposed sites.
Ground Cover :
Plants
to help keep weeds down.
Hedges :
Suitable
plants for hedging and windbreaks.
House Plants :
Healthy plants for
your home and bathroom
Security :
Colourful
yet spiky plants to keep intruders out!
Scent :
List of plants
with a pleasant perfume.
Shade (Dry Soil) :
List of plants happy to occupy dark, dry corners.
Shade (Moist Soil) :
Plants for dark, damp corners of your
garden.
Roses for Poor Conditions :
Roses for coastal/exposed sites
Roses for Shade :
Roses don't generally like shade but these are okay in partial
shade
Roses for Hedges :
These roses can be used as hedging
Climbing and Rambling Roses
:
These can be placed to
grow up through trees
Thornless Roses :
No more cuts and scratches
Roses for arches/pergolas :
These roses can be trained to grow where you want
Fragrant Hybrid Tea Roses :
Beautiful roses created by cross breeding
Fragrant Floribundas :
Roses with smaller but more numerous flowers
Spring Flowering :
Popular spring flowering plants
Summer Flowering :
Popular summer flowering plants
Autumn Interest/flowering :
Popular autumn interest - flowers/leaves/shape etc
Winter Interest/flowering :
Popular winter flowing plants
Trees for small gardens :
List of
small trees
Native trees :
Trees indigenous to
Britain
Climbers for special purposes :
Want a climber for a specific place but not sure what is
suitable?
Conifers :
Slow growing and dwarf varieties
Plants for containers and patios :
Plants suitable for tubs and containers
Choosing Trees :
A useful guide to trees and their uses
Health and
Safety
Heatstroke :
Could you recognise the signs of
heatstroke?
Recycling/Conservation
Garden Recycling :
Simple tips on
recycling in your garden
Retaining Moisture :
Ways to retain moisture so that your
garden needs less water
Mulching :
The benefits of applying mulch around plants and on borders
Weeds
Invasive weeds :
Some of the most invasive weeds in the UK
Wildlife
Insect Repellent Plants :
The
natural way to keep flies and mosquitoes away.
Slug Resistant Plants :
List of plants slugs will leave alone
Plants to attract Bees and Butterflies :
List of plants to attract beneficial insects
Plants to attract Birds :
List of plants that will attract birds to your garden
Diseases
Common tree and tree diseases
directory :
www.stihl.co.uk
Identifying diseases :
A useful tool from the BBC
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