How to grow rhubarb
Here’s our ultimate guide to planting and growing rhubarb. Producing large leaves and attractive pink or red stalks, rhubarb is a striking crop that’s easy …
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How to grow ranunculus
Here’s our ultimate guide to planting and growing ranunculus bulbs. Producing lush foliage and stunning rose-clustered blooms from spring to early summer, …
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 Time Improve …
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. Mulberry …
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 ‘frost …
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 of 6-6.5. …
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 or fence …
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 soils …
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 filbert …
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 will be a superb …