Fast-growing flowering vines add character and romance to gardens, and can hide unwelcome features. Here's our favourite ...

Native plants have the ability to survive in the worst of times and thrive during the good times. They require less care, ...

Pruning shrubs is always a stress-inducing topic for home gardeners. Well, at least it is if you know there are best ...

Kathy Clugston and a panel of esteemed gardening experts visit West Horsley, Surrey, to tackle common horticultural challenges and share practical solutions. Joining her are pest and disease ...

It is time to think ahead to later in the season though, and a little extra sowing now will prove useful in keeping vegetable ...

Since crape myrtles flower in summer, it’s usually wise to keep your pruners stowed away until these plants enter a state of dormancy in winter. Pruning in summer can delay blooming and make crape ...

Natalie Carmolli, a public relations specialist with Proven Winners ColorChoice Shrubs, says late spring to early summer is ...

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An expert has shared her wisdom on the importance of pruning certain plants after they've bloomed to "encourage new growth and more flowers".Key plants that should be pruned in June include lilacs ...

The gardening expert has shared the plants that should be pruned in June, including lilacs, azaleas, roses, wisteria and fruit trees, to name but a few ...

Flowering shrubs that bloom in summer or early fall (i.e. butterfly bush, caryopteris, rose-of-sharon, panicle hydrangeas, etc.) are best pruned at the end of winter (going into the new growing season ...