Complete list of all of our gardening growing guides
Module Strawberries Growing Guide
This guide provides cultural information to help you successfully grow module
Senetti Pot Ready Plants Growing Guide
For an early splash of colour in the garden Senetti plants are a great addition. Beautiful flowers from April through to early frosts, this simple …
Streptocarpus Growing Guide
Understanding the natural conditions of streptocarpus plants will assist in providing the best conditions for them to thrive and this guide provides …
Complete Beginners Guide to Growing your own Vegetables
Probably one of the best ever guides you will read focusing on the ‘beginners guide to growing your own
Handy Guide to Plant Size and Simple Growing Instructions
A guide to our plant sizes detailing the Miniplants, Easyplants, Garden Ready Plants, Pot Ready Plants, Perennial Pot Ready Plants we sell. To …
New Zealand Yam Growing Guide
The New Zealand Yam is also known as Oca. The tubers which vary in colour are best planted individually in 15cm (6″) pots using a multipurpose …
Popular Vegetable Plants Growing Guide
This guide provides quick-tips for growing some of the more popular vegetable varieties. Our Popular Vegetable Plants Growing Guide is a great …
How to Make an Alpine Garden Step-by-Step
This is a general guide to planting both annuals and perennial plants. This guide features plain-speaking advice and instructions for maximum …
Growing Instructions for Pot Ready Vegetable Plants
This guide provides complete growing instructions from potting on, growing on through to after-care ensuring you are successful with your pot ready …
Gerbera Plants Growing Guide
Gerbera are exotic-looking daisy like flowers available in a wide variety of colours which make stunning cut flowers and with this simple guide …
Success With Your Seeds
We want you to have the best possible success with your seeds which is why they have to pass the most stringent tests in our laboratory and at our …
Cut Flower Wall Chart and Growing Guide
Our cut flower wall chart & guide helps you plan perfect arrangements and also includes tips on how to pick your flowers and how to make them …
Plants that Show Drought Resistance
We've hand-picked some of our favorite plants that show drought resistance. A-C Achillea Agastache Alstroemeria Alyssum …
Scented Sweet Pea Seed Varieties
Our handy Sweet Pea classification provides extensive information on all the types and shows beautiful images of sweet peas of where to buy …
Plants for Partial Shade
A-H Ageratum Aquilegia Begonia Campanula Canterbury Bell Cyclamen …
Growing Grafted Pepper and Chilli Plants
This ‘Growing Grafted Pepper and Chilli Plants’ guide provides extensive information in an easy to digest format and provides all the …
Patio Vegetable Plants Growing Instructions
These growing instructions guide provide you with simple steps to ensure that your patio vegetable plant kits are a
What Type of Soil Do I Have?
Clay Soils Clay soils are also known as heavy soils. Clay has small particles, when it is wet the soil is very sticky and it will crack when …
Grow your own Union Jack Flag planting design
It doesn’t matter that the Olympics are over, you never know when you might need to grow your very own Union Jack flag. This concise guide …
Citrus Plants Growing Guide
On Receipt Remove your citrus plants from the packaging immediately. Check the compost is moist and water if necessary. Care Of The Plants Your …
Outdoor Salad Collection Growing Instructions
Your young lettuce, cucumber & tomato plants have been grown under ideal conditions and they’ll develop best if you follow this growing …
Brassica Vegetable Plants Growing Instructions
This guide ensures your brassica vegetable plants thrive in your garden.As your plants have been raised on specialist vegetable nurseries as module …
Crop Rotation – Get the most from your Vegetable Plot
This article provides a clear example for crop rotation planning. A healthy crop rotation plan ensures that same ‘family groups’ are …
Vegetable Planting Companion Guide
Make attacks on your vegetables from pests & diseases a thing of the past simply by following the information contained within our handy …
What Vitamins & Minerals are in Vegetables
If you’ve ever wondered how much Vitamin B is in broccoli or how much protein is in parsnip, then this compact ‘What Vitamins & …
Growing Asparagus: A Simple Guide to Planting & Harvesting
From initial preparation, choosing a location through to different planting methods and aftercare; our ‘Growing Asparagus: A Simple Guide to …
Growing Grafted Aubergine Plants
Our ‘Growing Aubergine Grafted Plants’ guide provides extensive information in an easy to digest format and provides all the information …
Plants for Exposed Coastal Gardens
We've hand-picked some of our favorite plants for exposed coastal gardens. A-C Achillea Alyssum Alstroemeria Antirrhinum (Dwarf …
Growing Sweet Potato Plants
Our Sweet Potato Growing Guide provides extensive information to grow stronger plants and bigger
Guide to Growing Patio Fruit and Vegetables
This handy guide provides all you need for success when growing patio fruit & vegetables Getting Started Easy raised beds It couldn't …
Stevia Growing Guide
This guide provides growing information for
Climbing Plants Growing Guide
A no nonsense, straight forward guide to growing your clematis, honeysuckle, passiflora and
Perennial Plants and Annuals Growing Guide
This is a general guide to planting both annuals and perennial plants. This guide features plain-speaking advice and instructions for maximum …
Flowers, Fruit and Vegetable Sowing, Harvesting/Flowering Chart Information
Whether you’re sowing fruit and vegetables this year or planning for next, our user-friendly gardening charts provide a month by month view of …
Soft Fruit Growing Guide
This guide provides cultural hints for growing the following soft fruits: Blackcurrants, Redcurrants, White Currants &
Lofos Plants Growing Guide
This guide provides Lofos growing information whose latin name is Lophospermum erubescens but may be also be found listed as Asarina erubescens or …
Preparing, picking and looking after your Tea Plant
This guide provides extensive information to help you prepare, pick and successfully look after your tea
Growing Grapes
This guide provides cultural information to help you successfully grow
Fuschia Whips Growing Guide
On Arrival Remove approx 2cm of the growing tip to just above a pair of leaves. Allow lower side shoots to develop at 2-3 pairs of leaves below …
Caladium Bulbs Growing Instructions
Caladium originate from Brazil and are fantastic foliage plants. Commonly known as Angel Wings or Elephant Ears, they are a frost tender perennial …
Plumeria Growing Guide Instructions
A no nonsense, straightforward guide on how to succeed with growing your plumeria
Edible Flowers Guide
There are many edible flowers in the world that you can grow and with the information in this guide we’ll put you firmly on point so you know …
Sweet Pea – Queen of the Annuals
If asked on BBC’s Pointless programme to name a pretty and perfumed flower the sweet pea would be a high scorer and therefore an answer to be …
Extra Value Plug Plants Bedding Pack Growing Guide
Extra Value Plugs are our best value plants, we have germinated the seeds for you and grown them into small plants. They will need to be …
Perennial Plants Flowering Times Guide
From Achilleas all the way through to West country Lupins and whether you’re planting your favourites or trying something new, our …
General Guide to Planting & Growing Fruit Trees
Introduction to Growing Fruit Trees Our range of fruit and nut trees has been carefully chosen for their suitability for the modern garden. Knowing …
Apple Trees Growing Guide
Bush Apple Tree Probably the most widely seen style of apple and, well grown, can be a highly productive method. The aim is to arrive at …
Pear Tree Growing Guide
The ‘V’ System This modern system can be seen on some of the best commercial fruit farms and is an adaptation of the cordon method. …
Gage and Plum Trees Growing Guide
Plum trees will also benefit greatly from fruit thinning, removing fruitlets to a population that is likely to be consumed. The reward …
Apricot Tree, Peach Tree and Nectarines Tree Growing Guide
Before planting erect a trellis against the wall. The lattice should be 1ft square and the trellis should measure approx 2.1m (7') long …
Citrus Trees Growing Guide
Citrus trees are surprisingly hardy, tolerating temperatures down to -5°C and will thrive in most gardens given a warm sunny position. In the UK …
Walnuts, Chestnut, Cobnutt, Filbert and Almond Tree Growing Guide
Cobnuts and Filberts Growing Guide These are best grown as a bush tree with an open centre giving the classic wine glass shape. The young Cobnut or …
Persimmon and Pomegranate Growing Guide
Pomegranate growing guide - Provence Self fertile and hardy down to -16C. Pomegranate plants love the sun. For best results plant in a warm sunny …
Fig Tree Growing Guide
Figs can be grown as a free standing tree in a pot, using a soil based potting compost. Or trained as a fan against a south or south west facing …
Cherry Tree Growing Guide
The combination of modern, self fertile Cherry tree varieties, Colt and Gisela 5 rootstock on which our cherries are grown means that garden cherry …
Kiwi Growing Guide
The Kiwi is a vigorous climber and if allowed can reach a height of 10m (30'). The plants should be trained up a strong trellis, pergola or wire …
Pinkberry & Blueberry Growing Guide
On Receipt of your blueberry and Pinkberry, remove the plant from the packaging immediately and water if necessary. If you are not able to plant …
Cranberries, Juniper, Sloe, Goji and Black Chokeberry Growing Guide
Cranberries Growing Guide Cranberries require a sunny sheltered position, a moist acid soil that does not dry out. In gardens that have alkaline …
Olive, Rosemary, Hops, Hedge , Amelanchier and Bay Growing Guide
Bay Growing Guide Grow your bay tree in a sunny position that is sheltered from cold drying winds which can damage the foliage. In colder areas where …
Hybrid Berries and Blackberry Growing Guide
Blackberries grow best in a well drained, fertile soil in a sunny or partially shaded position. They can even be planted against a north facing wall …
Raspberry Growing Guide
Raspberries grow best in a well-drained but moisture retentive, fertile soil in a sunny position. Ideally, the soil should be slightly acid with a pH …
Strawberry Growing Guide
When you receive your strawberry plants from Suttons, plant without delay, provided soil and weather conditions are favourable. Should this not be …
How to Grow Mushrooms from Spawn
Mushrooms develop best at an even temperature of about 16°C (60°F). Below 10° (50°F) or above 24°C (68°F) the mushrooms will not grow. Spawn …
Rhubarb Growing Guide
Rhubarb Growing: Site and Preparation Rhubarb prefers a well-drained but moisture retentive, fertile soil in a sunny or partially shaded position. …
Blackcurrants, Fourberries and Jostaberries Growing Guide
Site and Preparation Blackcurrants prefer a well drained, fertile soil, in a sunny position which is sheltered from cold winds (Do not plant in …
Gooseberry Growing Guide
Gooseberries prefer a well drained, fertile soil, in a sunny position which is sheltered from cold winds. The site should be well worked to a depth …
Planting and Aftercare of Bare Root Hedging Plants
Planting bare roots can be a daunting task for those new to hedging plants. But do not worry, here are a few tips from Hedges Direct for planting and …
Growing Cucumbers – Instructions
General Hints and Advice On Growing Cucumbers GROWING CUCUMBERS IN A HEATED GREENHOUSE Sowing Sowings may be made between February and May where …
Saffron Crocus Growing Guide
Saffron Crocus or Crocus sativus is a hardy crocus that flowers in the autumn and in mid-April becomes dormant once the foliage has died back. And, …
Grafted Tomato Plant Growing Guide
Our ‘Taking care of Grafted Tomato Plants’ guide provides all the information you’ll need to be a successful grafted tomato plant …
How to Grow Potatoes
Introduction Home grown potatoes are one of the most satisfying crops to grow in the garden. It's quite easy to produce a good crop and tubers dug …
Herbs Growing Guide
Grow herbs in pots and containers on a sunny patio near the kitchen door for convenience, a window sill or in the garden border. Herbs should be …
Cucamelon: Growing Guide
Known in Mexico as Sandiitas de Raton, which literally translates to “Little Mouse Watermelons”, Cucamelons are a cute little fruit with bags of …
Mulberry Charlotte Russe Growing Guide
Hard to find the fruits in supermarkets, you can have all the joys of growing your own mulberries without the hassle of keeping a large tree. …
Ranunculus Growing Guide
Ranunculus produce the most brilliant and stunning rose clustered blooms in a wide range of colours. They have long been a favourite for cut flowers …
Building a Natural Defence Against Climate Change
Guest blog: in an extract from her new book, The Climate Change Garden, author Kim Stoddart explains how working with wildlife will help bring a …
Why Buy Plug Plants?
Plug plants are a great value way to buy plants if you don't wish to grow from seed. Our bedding plants are supplied in five size options, ranging …
Hemerocallis Growing Guide
Hemerocallis are perennial plants with lily-like flowers, producing a succession of flowers over a long period of time from May-August. Planting …
Growing Tomatoes from Seeds
Tomatoes are one of the most popular vegetables (or should that be fruit?) to grow in your own garden. Rewarding you with a bounty of …
Growing Your Chilli Plant
Chilli peppers are a must home grow, from heat to flavour there’s is a huge variety to choose from. We’ve created a handy guide with …
Lockdown Project Guides: Grow Seed Potatoes in Pots & Containers
Homegrown seed potatoes are one of the most satisfying crops to grow in the garden. It’s quite easy to produce a good crop and they taste so much …
Lockdown Project Guides: Grow Your Own Marvellous Mushrooms
Growing your own mushrooms using a kit is easy and our Windowsill Mushroom Kits mean anyone can grow mushrooms indoors. Whether you’re a …
Lockdown Project Guides: Grow Onions and Shallots
An essential part of the gardener’s vegetable patch, onions and shallots are very easy to grow and come with excellent health benefits such as …
Lockdown Project Guides: Winter Hanging Baskets
One of the quickest and easiest ways to liven up a porch, patio, decking or drive is to add colourful winter hanging baskets or two – and they …