Lilac Plant Care: The Complete Growing Guide (Syringa)
Complete lilac growing guide — species differences, why lilacs fail to bloom, correct pruning timing, companion plants, and how to manage suckers and overgrown shrubs.
Lavender Plant Care: The Complete Growing Guide (Lavandula)
Complete lavender growing guide covering soil, pruning, watering, propagation, and species differences — everything you need to grow fragrant, long-lived lavender plants.
Zucchini Plant Care: The Complete Growing Guide (Cucurbita pepo)
Complete zucchini growing guide covering planting, watering, fertilising, pollination, pests, and harvest — everything you need for a bumper crop every season.
Pennisetum alopecuroides – Fountain Grass
Fountain Grass, ah! Chances are you’ve come across the lovely Pennisetum alopecuroides if you’ve ever appreciated a garden where gentle, arching leaves sways in the breeze, crowned with delicate, bottlebrush-like plumes. It’s one of those plants that adds texture, movement, and year-round appeal to the garden. From the fresh green growth of spring to the golden hues and constant seed …
Miscanthus sinensis ‘Gracillimus’ (Maiden Grass): Complete Growing Guide
The complete growing guide for Miscanthus sinensis ‘Gracillimus’ — learn care, propagation, pruning, companion plants, and how this cultivar avoids the invasiveness of wild Maiden Grass.
Agastache ‘Blue Boa’ (Hummingbird Mint): Complete Growing Guide
Complete guide to growing Agastache ‘Blue Boa’ — a fragrant, drought-tolerant perennial with violet-blue flower spikes that attract hummingbirds and butterflies. Covers care, propagation, and companion plants.
Echinacea purpurea ‘Sundown’ (Coneflower): Complete Growing Guide
Complete guide to growing Echinacea ‘Sundown’ from the Big Sky series — a warm-toned coneflower with sunset-orange petals. Covers planting, care, propagation, companion plants, and troubleshooting.
Kniphofia ‘Flamenco Mix’ (Red Hot Poker): Complete Growing Guide
Complete guide to growing Kniphofia ‘Flamenco Mix’ — a fiery torch lily with red, orange, and yellow flower spikes. Covers planting, care, winter protection, propagation, and companion plants.
Veronicastrum virginicum ‘Album’ (Culver’s Root): Complete Growing Guide
Complete guide to growing Veronicastrum virginicum ‘Album’ (Culver’s Root) — a tall native perennial with elegant white flower spires. Covers planting, care, propagation, companion plants, and troubleshooting.
Crocosmia ‘John Boots’ (Montbretia): Complete Growing Guide
Complete guide to growing Crocosmia ‘John Boots’ — a compact montbretia with canary-yellow starry flowers. Covers planting corms, care, division, companion plants, and common problems.
Crocosmia ‘George Davison’ (Montbretia): Complete Growing Guide
Complete guide to growing Crocosmia ‘George Davison’ — an RHS AGM-winning montbretia with golden-yellow flowers. Covers planting corms, care, division, companion plants, and common problems.
Rudbeckia hirta ‘Prairie Sun’ (Black-Eyed Susan): Complete Growing Guide
Complete guide to growing Rudbeckia hirta ‘Prairie Sun’ — an AAS award-winning Black-Eyed Susan with golden bicolour petals and a green cone. Covers planting, care, seed starting, companion plants, and troubleshooting.
Allium ‘Mount Everest’ (Ornamental Onion): Complete Growing Guide
Complete guide to growing Allium ‘Mount Everest’ — planting depth, care, propagation, and companion plants for this stunning white ornamental onion with RHS AGM status.
Allium ‘Gladiator’ (Ornamental Onion): Complete Growing Guide
Complete guide to growing Allium ‘Gladiator’ — a giant ornamental onion with 6-inch purple globe flowers on 4-foot stems. Covers bulb planting, care, propagation, companion plants, and troubleshooting.
Pennisetum setaceum (Fountain Grass): Complete Growing Guide
Complete guide to growing Pennisetum setaceum (fountain grass) — a graceful ornamental grass with feathery plumes. Covers care, invasiveness concerns, non-invasive alternatives, and companion plants.