Gardening
Beautiful Bulbs! And Where They Come From

Beautiful Bulbs! And Where They Come From

Bursting with promise Bulbs have long been an invaluable asset to humankind, starting off as an essential part of our diet, as we have evolved, so has our appreciation for their many qualities. Often the word bulb is used rather loosely, generally as a reference to...

A How To Pruning Guide for Different Plants

A How To Pruning Guide for Different Plants

Shrubs Mostly these are pruned when they are in their dormant stage before leaf buds appear in spring. However, many spring and summer flowering shrubs set flower buds on the previous season’s new growth and will need to be pruned only after flowering in spring and...

Pruning Hedges and Topiaries In Your Garden

Pruning Hedges and Topiaries In Your Garden

Late spring and early summer is when plant growth is most rapid and vigorous, which is why many hedges and topiaries require regular pruning at this time of year to maintain shape and form. The golden rule is to always cut off as little growth as possible with each...

How to Look After Your Garden Tools Properly

How to Look After Your Garden Tools Properly

To keep your good tools clean, try this quick trick. Fill a bucket with builder’s sand and saturate the sand with vegetable or car oil. Knock off any soil and dig the metal parts of the tools into the oily sand a few times.This serves three purposes:1. It cleans off...

How To Sow Romantic Sweet Peas

How To Sow Romantic Sweet Peas

Of all the spring-flowering cottage garden flowers, sweet peas are probably the prettiest and most rewarding. But to enjoy an ample harvest of these bright and sweetly fragrant cut flowers, you have to prepare the soil properly before sowing the seed. You will need: A...

A Step-By-Step Guide to Using EXLGel

A Step-By-Step Guide to Using EXLGel

Using EXLGel in flower beds, potted plants and  hanging baskets improves plant life while saving water - a win-win situation for your plants (and for you!) It can be used in two ways; wet and dry. Dry Application Mix granules with potting soil or dig into...

Pruning Made Easy

Pruning Made Easy

We prune to enhance growth, improve flower and fruit quality, to rid plants of diseased or broken growth, or simply to keep them neat and in check. Don’t prune anything and everything in winter, which some still regard as major pruning time. Many spring-, and...

Tips and Tricks for Orchid Care

Tips and Tricks for Orchid Care

LECHUZA will help make your orchids thrive! We’ll explain what to consider when caring for an orchid and how you can simply repot the plant in an appropriate LECHUZA planter. In addition, we’ll give you some professional tricks from our LECHUZA expert. Orchidology –...

Festive Rosemary

Festive Rosemary

Festive Rosemary - By Alice Spenser-Higgs Just as poinsettia has become the Christmas flower, so rosemary is the Christmas herb. But it is more than a herb in the conventional sense; think of using rosemary for Christmas decorations, gifts, table settings, festive...

Hydrangeas = Summer Flower Power

Hydrangeas = Summer Flower Power

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Don’t forget this old faithful for summer flowers in the semi-shade! Hydrangeas are amongst the most spectacular of all flowering garden shrubs, the bushes covered in blooms through much of late spring and into summer. They are...

Lechuza Balconera – Balcony Planter

Lechuza Balconera – Balcony Planter

How to start: Step 1: Lock glass water level indicator into place. Step 2: Place Lechuza-PON substrate in planter, this substrate is a structurally stable, inorganic plant substrate that includes fertiliser. Step 3: Get planting your favourite plants, make sure that...

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