As the temperatures drop and the days shorten, it's time to start thinking about how to protect your tender perennials from the chill of winter. If you've ever lost a beloved plant to frost ...

But if you do grow them outdoors in your garden, it might soon be time to start overwintering your chilli plants. What is overwintering, you ask? It simply means ensuring that your plants (any ...

WEATHER forecasts predict heavy rain will continue across the UK this week.  And many areas have flash-flooding warnings, following parts of the UK experiencing one month’s rain in 48 ...

Phalaenopsis or 'moth orchids' are one of the most popular indoor plants available. It’s common to see them in full flower on ...

As the growing season winds down, it’s time to think about cleaning up your garden before winter weather arrives. But there’s more to it than stripping away this year’s plants and removing ...

If they have finished blooming you should now cut down the flowering spikes to the ground. You can also mulch around the ...

As self-seeding is hit and miss, collect seeds as they ripen. Seeds take about two months from flowering to shedding their ...

A cool-season flower that can be set out in early spring, sweet alyssum fades in the summer heat, but its clusters of tiny ...

Here are six of the ladybird species you're most likely to encounter in a UK garden. The most common garden ladybird is the seven-spot ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata). They overwinter in a ...

Sometimes humans provide food for animals during the winter. Garden birds are given nuts and sheep are given straw. Ploughing the soil turns up worms and grubs for seagulls to eat. Many animals ...