Gardening Tips, Advice, Plant Facts

Gardening tips and advice - pruning, propagation, seasonal tasks Plant Facts informative, but not always too serious.

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What is Lasagna Gardening?

Lasagna Gardening is a method of cultivation that doesn’t require digging. It is also a method of composting or mulching where plants are grown directly into the mix. If you feel that isn’t terribly helpful, all is not lost! In the Plews blog, all is explained - what it is; the method of creating & using a lasagna garden; the pros and cons. That way, you can decide whether it’s a method you’d like to try yourself. Click the link to find out more & get gardening!

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Dwarf Daffodils for Spring Colour

Thought I’d share a few of my favourite miniature daffodils with you – Firstly as you may not know them all and its always fun to try something new And secondly as they’re guaranteed to brighten up dull spring days whatever the size of your garden! Click the link to discover which daffodils and some good places to grow them

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Cottage Garden Plants

Cat Perch

Litter Tray

Tips for Cat Friendly Gardens

How to easily create a garden that is also a garden that you, the subservient human, can enjoy too. Gardening for your cats includes: - • choosing plants they may like to nibble; especially herbs that are good for a cat’s health • tall plants to hide under and stalk through the undergrowth like a tiger • creating a garden with sunny corners for snoozing and shady spaces for when the sun is really shining (you may be allowed to share) Click the link to find out more!

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What are the Different Types of Daffodils?

The phrase ‘types of daffodils’ refers to the way in which similar Narcissus are grouped together. Properly referred to as ‘divisions’ when growing and showing Narcissus, it is nevertheless a helpful means by which us lesser mortals can choose which style of daffodil flowers most appeal to us when looking through bulb catalogues! Whether you have a thirst for knowledge, would like to show daffodils or are simply curious as to how many types there are, why not click the link to find out more

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Choosing Apple Varieties to Grow in Your Garden or Orchard

Choosing the right apple variety for you and your garden involves the pleasurable task of tasting many different apples to discover which ones you like! Whether you're considering growing just a few small trees or you're planning a new apple orchard from scratch there's lots of fun to be had. Click the Link for lots of Tips & Ideas!

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Sowing seeds in September

Sowing seeds in August and September – perhaps not the most obvious gardening task but one that will bear fruit – and flowers and vegetables! There are three main reasons why summer seed sowing is a good idea - • you take advantage of the free flower seeds that your garden plants are producing • green manures sown now protect and improve your soil over the winter • sowing vegetable seeds and salads gives you an edible crop during the autumn and winter For tips, check out the link!

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Composting - Pest Problems and Prevention

Some composting pest problems are major, some are minor. But nearly all gardeners have issues at some point. It’s certainly a topic that regularly comes up during Plews gardening lessons - to the extent that people have given up on their home composting; which is a great pity In this article, we’ll look at some of the garden pests most likely to be causing a problem. And more importantly, some solutions for you to put into practice. Click the link for your tips

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Gardening Inspiration

Starting A Garden

Citrus Trees

Growing Fruit

How to Grow Oranges and Lemons

How to grow oranges and lemons in the British climate – with and without a greenhouse. Tips for picking fresh oranges to eat and lemons for your G&T. Or even just for sitting back and breathing in the delicious perfume of fragrant flowers almost year round. Ornamental and edible trees that you can grow in a conservatory or in the garden. Seriously, what’s not to like? Click the link to find out more about growing citrus trees

These slug and snail resistant perennials are just a few of the numerous herbs, shrubs, and other garden plants that are slug and snail resistant. They may suffer a bit of damage but basically will survive, even with a very wet spring or summer.
Click the link to find out more Stachys Byzantina, Alchemilla Mollis, Molluscs, Ground Cover Plants, Herbaceous Perennials, Blooming Plants

Herbaceous Perennials

Blooming Plants

14 Slug and Snail Resistant Herbaceous Perennials

These slug and snail resistant perennials are just a few of the numerous herbs, shrubs, and other garden plants that are slug and snail resistant. They may suffer a bit of damage but basically will survive, even with a very wet spring or summer. Click the link to find out more

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Shady Border

Best Ground Cover Plants

Geranium Sanguineum

Geranium Macrorrhizum

Hardy Geranium

Ground Covering

Front Garden Design

11 Ground Cover Plants for Your Shady Front Garden

11 hardy herbaceous perennials for a shady border whether you live in Cornwall or Aberdeenshire. As well as being hardy, these perennials are also useful in the garden for their ground covering properties and they’re bee and pollinator friendly too! Click the link to find out more & be inspired to grow some in your front garden

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How to Get Rid of Ground Elder

Tips & ideas to remove ground elder weed, Aegopodium podagraria, from your flower border & put the remains to use elsewhere in your garden Some of the weed removing tips you might expect but a couple may surprise you! Click the link to find out more

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Not Wanted

Natural Insect Repellant

Making Liquid Fertiliser from Weeds

The plants in our gardens are an absolute delight to the eyes. Less delightful are the weeds that also push up through the soil. Whilst the leaves can often be composted or used in salads and soup, there’s still the problem of the roots and shoots - Which is why making liquid fertiliser from weeds is a great way to re-use those pesky plants that grow where they’re not wanted! For how to make the fertiliser and which weeds are full of useful nutrients for your precious plants, Click the Link !

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Nursery Tips

Plants For Hanging Baskets

Garden Centre

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Plant List

10 Tips for Buying Garden Plants

This is a must read blog before you go to the garden centre or plant nursery. Tips on how to plan a successful shopping trip, including plant health, and whether bigger is better! Helpful downloads too – all from Plews Potting Shed Click the link to find out more

Planting ideas for Summer Bedding

Whether you fancy a full-on display for your front garden to rival the displays in parks & public garden; or would like to have just a few easy care pots filled with colour. Or indeed anything in between, here’s some inspiration for you as well as need to know key points. Click the link to find out more & get gardening

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How to Prick out Seedlings

This Pricking out Seedlings article is one of a series of blogs filled with tips on sowing and growing vegetables and flowers from seed. But for most of the seeds we sow under cover, we sow extra ones to be sure of having a decent number germinate. Which means that once they’re seedlings they do need to be pricked out and only the best ones grown on. Click the link to find out more