General Articles
The following is a list of our General articles listed in chronological order (most recent first).
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My September Charms
The Gardening Guru picks out his favourite plants to add late summer colour to your garden.
Plant Names Explained
Plants are often referred to in one of two ways, either by their Common Name, or by their Botanical (Scientific) Name. While this scientific classification of plants may be confusing, it can also be demystified with a little explanation.
Blind as a Daffodil
Simple steps to make sure your Daffs bloom year after year.
Top 15 Winter Plants
The Gardening Guru selects 15 top plants that brighten up the winter.
Better Late Than Never
The Pauper makes a welcome return with some advice about tree ferns and the importance of patience when waiting for the end of their dormant period.
Heather or Heath?
A vast group of plants that bring colour and interest to our gardens throughout the year. Learn to identify the different genera, discover their uses, attributes and cultural requirements.
Scarlet Glory
How to look after Poinsettias and a guide to reproducing that wonderful colourful display again next Christmas.
Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without a cactus!
How to make sure your Christmas Cactus flowers again next Christmas
Greed Before Remembrance
Some of the larger garden centres need to show a little more respect.
The most obedient plant you could wish to meet!
A plant profile of Physostegia virginiana
Did you ever meet the Bishop of Llandaff?
Investigating the namesake of Dahlia 'Bishop of Llandaff'
Also this week: Caterpillar tracks: Spotting the tell-tail signs of Cabbage White Caterpillar before it's too late.
A walk in the park for Perovskia
A plant profile of Perovskia 'Blue Spire', particularly looking at it's suitability to the current U.K. climate.
Also this week:
The butcher visits St John's Wort!: Gardening Guru's preferred method of pruning Hypericum 'Hidcote'.
Fantastic Foliage!
How a garden can still look stunning without flowers.
Also this week:
Discovering Chicory; Finding out about the ornamental attributes of this traditional salad crop.
Land of the Giant Scabious
A plant profile of Cephalaria gigantea.
Also this week:
Powdery or Downy?: How to tell the difference between the two main types of mildew.
The secret to a successful Moussaka: Tips on growing your own Aubergines.
June: It's Time for 'Love-in-a-mist'
A plant profile of Nigella damascena 'Miss Jekyll'
Also this week:
Don't blame it on the cuckoo!; information about 'Cuckoo Spit' The benefits of broad beans as a learning resource; the joys of teaching children about gardening.
Beat the Bindweed!
A technique for controlling bindweed, pruning spring flowering shrubs and a profile of Iris pseudoacorus.
Oriental poppies, ornamental onions, old tyres and toilet roll tubes!
The magic of oriental poppies, drought tolerant ornamental onions and the benefits of garden recycling
Bleeding Hearts in May
A profile of Dicentra spectablis, be careful with ornamental grasses and advice about Hostas.
Gladioli Planting and Broccoli or Calabrese?
Planting Gladoili corms and sowing Calabrese seed.
Blossom in the air and slimy rascals!
Protecting plants from slugs and snails etc.
Troublesome Weeds and Wildlife Gardening
Any plant can become a weed and gardening for wildlife regardless of limited space.
Hosepipe Bans and 'Guerrilla Gardeners'
The hot gardening topics of the moment.
Spring has Sprung!
Spring has sprung!
Welcome to the Gardening Guru Blog
Welcome to the inaugural Gardening Guru Blog, hopefully the first of many to come.
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