Mulch - Superfood for Gardens Mulching is more than just a gardening chore, it’s an essential practice that delivers countless benefits to your plants and soil. From suppressing weeds and improving soil health to protecting plants all year round, mulching is key to creating a thriving, sustainable garden. Whether you’re [...]
After a reasonably steady start to the summer we all had a week of scorching temperatures last week in the UK, this has now happily settled to the average for this time of the year. We thought, however, since this was the most popular question we were asked this week [...]
There are many different types of tree pruning techniques. We’ve discussed Pleaching or espalliered trees and topiary in earlier blog posts – these are mainly used for ornamental purposes. Today, with the help of Tree Surgeons, we look at the management of larger trees – how to make sure your [...]
Why is Autumn the best time of the entire year for Planting Trees & Shrubs? Tree Ferns | Wollemi Pine Trees Trees and Shrubs which have been containerised (ie plants supplied in pots rather than rootballed/barerooted) can be planted at any time of the year provided that the [...]
It’s strange at this time of year that many people ask when is the best time to plant trees and shrubs. Probably a lot of this is due to confusion over the weather this year changing from hot to cold / drought to wet conditions. We have the wettest “drought” [...]
Exploiting the “Heat Island” Effect in our plant choices and creating gardens – PART 1 […]
