Tired of killing every house plant you touch? These ten indoor plants thrive on minimal care and forgive even the most ...

Blackberries are easy to grow and are highly productive, producing bumper crops of delicious fruit from just one plant. Unlike wild blackberries, which are the fruit of brambles and are commonplace in ...

Hostas are prized primarily for their foliage but they also have attractive, often scented, summer flowers. These hardy clump-forming perennials are popular with container gardeners and are unbeatable ...

Berberis is a genus of thorny shrubs with bright spring flowers and dark berries – deciduous varieties have striking autumn foliage. Known as barberry or barberries, they're a good choice for growing ...

When designing a garden it can be difficult to know where to begin. How do you assess the space, draw up a plan, start planting? And what about paths, boundaries, seating and screens? Whether you're ...

Bathrooms are a popular place to keep house plants as they typically provide high levels of humidity, similar to a jungle environment, in which many indoor plants thrive. By adding some greenery, your ...

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 ...

Star jasmine (also sometimes known as Chinese jasmine), Trachelospermum jasminoides, is a beautifully scented, evergreen climber. Perfect for growing up a warm wall, or a fence, it's slow growing ...

The avocado, Persea americana, bears delicious fruits packed with healthy fats. In the right conditions, trees can reach heights of up to 20m, but they're unlikely to grow so well in the UK. Avocados ...

The no-dig gardening method is one employed largely by growers of organic vegetables, though it applies to ornamental plants, too. Rather than digging the soil to remove weeds, this process involves ...

Duckweed is a common pond weed, visible as masses of tiny, rounded green leaves that float on the surface of ponds and other bodies of still, nutrient-rich water, including in water butts. The ...