Root 2 Leaf Gardening recommends these top 10 pollinating plants to encourage bees and beneficial insects into your garden. Let’s encourage more pollinating insects, bees, hoverflies, moths, ladybirds, lacewings, solitary wasps, and butterflies into our gardens by...
How to chit seed potatoes, advice on planting out and container growing Why not grow your own potatoes and taste the difference, you will be surprised how good they taste and save money at the same time. Now is the time to select your seed potatoes. There are many...
As professional gardeners and landscapers, here are a few of our favourite plants we recommend for scent and colour during this time of the year. Galanthus nivalis Looking at a carpet of shimmering snowdrops on a sunny day signifies that spring has arrived. Snowdrops...
How to make a Christmas wreath You will need the following: Natural rattan wreath Florist wire Metallic wire stick 0.50mm Secretors Wire cutters Ribbon Sprigs of evergreen such as holly, spruce, pinecones, rosehips, other alternatives to use are hedging...
Iiex aquifolium - Hollies are versatile evergreens providing all year round structure in the garden. There are a wide range of hollies with attractive foliage which can be green or variegated depending on the cultivar chosen. Hollies range in size from small shrubs...
Hellebores Between winter and spring hellebores bring early colour into your garden, with evergreen foliage and a variety of colours ranging from white, pink and purple these are clump forming perennials. Snowdrops One of the first popular spring bulbs to open a...