Gardening Tips and Plant Care
Video Garden Tips
We have made lots of short videos of tips for the garden, all of these can be found on our Video Tips page or on our
youtube channel
General Garden Tips
- Bulbs - Care Guide
- Climbers
- Cold weather damage to evergreen plants
- Grasses - Care Guide
- Hedging - Box Alternatives
- Herbaceous Plants - Video Collection
- Pests & Diseases Video Collection
- Planting to avoid allergic reactions and asthma
- Shrubs - Care Guide
- Shrubs and Trees - Seeds - 1) Collecting Seeds
- Shrubs and Trees - Seeds - 2) Storing Seeds
- Shrubs and Trees - Seeds - 3) Planting Seeds
- Trees - Care Guide
- Tubers - Care Guide
Plant Specific Tips
- Abelia - Care Guide
- Abeliophyllum distichum - Care Guide
- Abies - Growing Guide
- Abutilon - Care Guide
- Acacia - Growing Guide
- Acanthus - Care Guide
- Acca sellowiana - Care Guide
- Acers - Care Guide
- Achillea - Care Guide
- Aconitum - Growing Guide
- Acorus gramineus ‘Variegatus’ - Growing Guide
- Acradenia frankliniae - Care Guide
- Actinidia - Care Guide
- Aeonium arboreum ‘Schwarzkop’ - Care Guide
- Aesculus - Growing Guide
- Afrocarpus falcatus - Growing Guide
- Agapanthus - Care Guide
- Agapetes - Growing Guide
- Agastache - Care Guide
- Agathosma - Care Guide
- Agave - Growing Guide
- Ailanthus altissima - Growing Guide
- Ajuga reptans - Growing Guide
- Akebia - Care Guide
- Alangium platanifolium - Care Guide
- Albizia julibrissin - Care Guide
- Alchemilla - Growing Guide
- Alectryon excelsus - Growing Guide
- Allium giganteum - Growing Guide
- Alliums - Growing Guide
- Alnus - Growing Guide
- Aloe - Care Guide
- Aloysia citriodora - Growing Guide
- Alstroemeria - Growing Guide
- Amaryllis belladonna - Care Guide
- Amelanchier - Growing Guide
- Amicia - Care Guide
- Amomyrtus luma - Care Guide
- Ampelopsis brevipedunculata 'Elegans' - Growing Guide
- Amsonia - Care Guide
- Anaphalis margaritacea - Growing Guide
- Anchusa - Care Guide
- Anemone - Japanese - Growing Guide
- Angelica gigas - Growing Guide
- Anthemis cupaniana - Growing Guide
- Aquilegia - Growing Guide
- Aralia elata - Growing Guide
- Araucaria - Monkey Puzzle - Growing Guide
- Araujia - The Cruel Plant - Growing Guide
- Arbutus - Care Guide
- Argyranthemum frutescens - Care Guide
- Arisaema - Care Guide
- Arisarum - The Mouse Plant - Growing Guide
- Aristea ecklonii - Growing Guide
- Aristolochia macrophylla - Care Guide
- Armeria maritima - Care Guide
- Aronia - Growing Guide
- Artemisia - Growing Guide
- Arthropodium cirratum 'Matapouri Bay' - Care Guide
- Arundo donax - Growing Guide
- Asclepias tuberosa - Care Guide
- Asimina - Care Guide
- Asphodeline lutea - Care Guide
- Astelia - Growing Guide
- Aster - Care Guide
- Astilbe - Growing Guide
- Astrantia - Growing Guide
- Athrotaxis cupressoides - Growing Guide
- Atriplex - Growing Guide
- Aucuba japonica - Growing Guide
- Azalea - Growing Guide
- Azara - Growing Guide
- Ballota - Care Guide
- Bamboo - Care Guide
- Banana Trees - Care Guide
- Baptisa - Growing Guide
- Begonia ‘Benitochiba’ - Growing Guide
- Berberidopsis - Growing Guide
- Berberis - Care Guide
- Bergenia - Growing Guide
- Berkheya purpurea - Growing Guide
- Beschorneria - Growing Guide
- Betula - Growing Guide
- Bignonia - Care Guide
- Billardiera - Growing Guide
- Blepharocalyx - Growing Guide
- Bomaria - Growing Guide
- Boronia - Growing Guide
- Bowkeria - Growing Guide
- Brachyglottis - Care Guide
- Broussonetia - Growing Guide
- Brunnera macrophylla - Growing Guide
- Buddleja - Care Guide
- Bupleurum - Growing Guide
- Caesalpina gilliesii - Care Guide
- Calamagrostis - Growing Guide
- Calceolaria - Care Guide
- Calliandra surinamensis - Growing Guide
- Callicarpa - Growing Guide
- Callistemon - Growing Guide
- Calocedrus decurrens - Growing Guide
- Calothamnus - Care Guide
- Caltha palustris - Care Guide
- Calycanthus - Growing Guide
- Camassia - Growing Guide
- Camellia - A guide to sizing and pricing
- Camellia - Care Guide
- Camellia - Hybridisation
- Camellias - Background info Videos.
- Campanula - Growing Guide
- Campsis – Growing Guide
- Canna - Care Guide
- Cantua - Growing Guide
- Cardamine - Growing Guide
- Cardiocrinum - Care Guide
- Carex - Growing Guide
- Carpenteria - Care Guide
- Carpinus - Growing Guide
- Carrierea - Growing Guide
- Carya - Growing Guide
- Caryopteris - Care Guide
- Cassinia leptophylla - Growing Guide
- Castanopsis sieboldii - Growing Guide
- Catalpa - Growing Guide
- Cautleya spicata - Growing Guide
- Ceanothus - Growing Guide
- Celastrus - Growing Guide
- Celtis australis - Growing Guide
- Centaurea - Growing Guide
- Centranthus - Growing Guide
- Ceratostigma - Growing Guide
- Cercidiphyllum - Growing Guide
- Cercis - Growing Guide
- Cestrum - Growing Guide
- Chaenomeles - Growing Guide
- Chamaedaphne calyculata - Growing Guide
- Chamaerops - Growing Guide
- Chiliotrichum - Growing Guide
- Chimonanthus - Growing Guide
- Chionanthus - Growing Guide
- Chionochloa rubra - Growing Guide
- Chitalpa - Growing Guide
- Choisya - Growing Guide
- Chordospartium - Care Guide
- Cimicifuga - Growing Guide
- Cinnamomum - Growing Guide
- Cirsium - Growing Guide
- Cissus - Growing Guide
- Cistus - Growing Guide
- Citrus Trees - Care Guide
- Cladrastis - Growing Guide
- Clematis - Growing Guide
- Clerodendron - Growing Guide
- Clethra - Growing Guide
- Clianthus - Growing Guide
- Clivia - Growing Guide
- Colletia - Growing Guide
- Colquhounia - Growing Guide
- Colutea - Growing Guide
- Convolulus - Growing Guide
- Coprosma - Growing Guide
- Cordyline - Growing Guide
- Coreopsis - Growing Guide
- Cornus - Growing Guide
- Cornus (Flowering) - Growing Guide
- Cornus canadensis (Creeping) - Care Guide
- Cornus Coloured Stemmed Dogswoods - Growing Guide
- Corokia - Growing Guide
- Coronilla - Growing Guide
- Correa - Growing Guide
- Cortaderia - Growing Guide
- Corydalis - Growing Guide
- Corylopsis Growing Guide
- Corylus - Growing Guide
- Cosmos - Care Guide
- Cotinus - Growing Guide
- Cotoneaster - Growing Guide
- Crambe - Growing Guide
- Crassula - Care Guide
- Crataegus - Growing Guide
- Crinodendron - Growing Guide
- Crinum - Growing Guide
- Crocosmia - Care Guide
- Cryptomeria japonica - Growing Guide
- Cunninghamia lanceolata - Growing Guide
- Cupressus - Growing Guide
- Cyathea cooperi - Care Guide
- Cycas revoluta - Care Guide
- Cyclamen - Growing Guide
- Cydonia - Growing Guide
- Cynara - Growing Guide
- Cytisus - Growing Guide
- Daffodils / Narcissus - Growing guide
- Dahlia - Care Guide
- Danae - Growing Guide
- Daphne - Care Guide
- Daphniphyllum - Growing Guide
- Darmera - Growing Guide
- Datura / Brugmansia - Care Guide
- Davidia - Growing Guide
- Decaisnea - Growing Guide
- Delphinium - Care Guide
- Desfontanea - Growing Guide
- Desmodium - Growing Guide
- Deutzia - Care Guide
- Dianella - Growing Guide
- Dianthus - Growing Guide
- Dicentra - Growing Guide
- Dichroa - Growing Guide
- Dicksonia antartica - Care Guide
- Dictamnus albus 'Albiflorus' - Growing Guide
- Dierama - Growing Guide
- Diervilla - Growing Guide
- Digitalis - Growing Guide
- Diospyros - Growing Guide
- Dipelta - Growing Guide
- Dipteronia - Growing Guide
- Disanthus - Growing Guide
- Disporopsis - Growing Guide
- Distylum racemosum - Growing Guide
- Dodecathon meadia - Growing Guide
- Dodonea - Growing Guide
- Doronicum orientale
- Dorycnium hirsutum - Growing Guide
- Dregea - Growing Guide
- Drimys - Growing Guide
- Eccremocarpus - Growing Guide
- Echinacea - Growing Guide
- Echinops - Care Guide
- Echium - Growing Guide
- Edgeworthia - Growing Guide
- Ehretia - Growing Guide
- Elsholtzia stauntonii - Caring Guide
- Embothrium - Growing Guide
- Emmenopterys Growing Guide
- Enkianthus - Care Guide
- Epimedium - Growing Guide
- Ercilla volubilis - Growing Guide
- Eremurus - Growing Guide
- Eriobotrya Growing Guide
- Eryngium - Growing Guide
- Erythrina - Growing Guide
- Escallonia - Care Guide
- Eucomis - Growing Guide
- Eucryphia - Care Guide
- Eupatorium - Growing Guide
- Euphorbia - Care Guide
- Euptelia pleiosperma - Growing Guide
- Eurya Growing Guide
- Euryops - Growing Guide
- Exochorda - Growing Guide
- Fabiana - Growing Guide
- Fallopia baldschuanica - Growing Guide
- Fascicularia Growing Guide
- Fatsia - Growing Guide
- Ferns - Care Guide
- Festuca glauca - Care Guide
- Ficus - Growing Guide
- Firmiana Growing Guide
- Fitzroya cupressoides - Growing Guide
- Forsythia - Growing Guide
- Fothergilla - Growing Guide
- Fragaria vesca - Growing Guide
- Francoa sonchifolia - Care Guide
- Franklinia Growing Guide
- Fremontodendron Growing Guide
- Freylinia Growing Guide
- Fritillaria - Growing Guide
- Fuchsia - Care Guide
- Furcraea Growing Guide
- Gaillardia - Growing Guide
- Galtonia candicans - Growing Guide
- Gardenia - Care Guide
- Garrya - Growing Guide
- Gaura lindheimeri - Growing Guide
- Gelsemium - Growing Guide
- Geranium - Growing Guide
- Geum - Care Guide
- Gevuina Growing Guide
- Gingko biloba - Growing Guide
- Gladiolus - Growing Guide
- Gloriosa - Care Guide
- Gordonia axillaris - Growing Guide
- Grevillea Growing Guide
- Griselinia - Care Guide
- Gunnera - Care Guide
- Gymnocladus dioica - Growing Guide
- Hakonechloa macra - Growing Guide
- Halesia Growing Guide
- Halimium - Growing Guide
- Halimodendron halodendron - Growing Guide
- Hamamelis Growing Guide
- Heathers - Care Guide
- Hebe - Growing Guide
- Hedera - Removal!
- Hedychium - Growing Guide
- Helenium - Care Guide
- Helianthemum - Growing Guide
- Helichrysum italicum subsp. serotinum - Growing Guide
- Helictotrichon sempervirens - Growing Guide
- Helleborus - Growing Guide
- Helwingia - Growing Guide
- Hemerocallis - Care Guide
- Heptacodium Growing Guide
- Hesperantha - Growing Guide
- Heuchera - Growing Guide
- Hibbertia Growing Guide
- Hibiscus syriacus - Growing Guide
- Hippophae - Growing Guide
- Hoheria Growing Guide
- Holboellia - Growing Guide
- Holodiscus discolor - Growing Guide
- Hosta - Care Guide
- Houttuynia cordata 'Chamaeleon' - Growing Guide
- Hovenia dulcis - Growing Guide
- Hoya - Growing Guide
- Humulus - Growing Guide
- Hydrangeas - Care Guide
- Hydrangeas - Video Spotlights
- Idesia Growing Guide
- Illicium Growing Guide
- Imperata cylindrica 'Red Baron' - Care Guide
- Incarvillea delavayi - Care Guide
- Indigofera Growing Guide
- Inula ensifolia - Growing Guide
- Iochroma - Growing Guide
- Isoplexis Growing Guide
- Itea Growing Guide
- Jacaranda - Growing Guide
- Jamesia - Growing Guide
- Jasmine - Care Guide
- Jovellana - Growing Guide
- Justicia floribunda - Care Guide
- Kadsura - Growing Guide
- Kalmia - Growing Guide
- Kalopanax - Growing Guide
- Kirengeshoma palmata - Growing Guide
- Knautia macedonica - Growing Guide
- Knightia - Growing Guide
- Kniphofia - Care Guide
- Koelreuteria - Growing Guide
- Kolkwitzia - Growing Guide
- Laburnum - Growing Guide
- Lagarostrobos - Growing Guide
- Lagerstroemia - Growing Guide
- Lampranthus - Care Guide
- Lapageria - Growing Guide
- Lavandula - Care Guide
- Leptinella 'Platts Black' - Growing Guide
- Leptospermum - Growing Guide
- Lespedeza - Growing Guide
- Leucanthemum x superbum - Growing Guide
- Leucojum - Growing Guide
- Leucothoe - Growing Guide
- Lewisia - Care Guide
- Leycesteria - Growing Guide
- Liatris - Growing Guide
- Ligularia - Care Guide
- Lilium - Growing Guide
- Lily of the valley - Growing Guide
- Lindera - Growing Guide
- Liquidambar - Growing Guide
- Liriodendron - Growing Guide
- Lobelia - Care Guide
- Lomatia - Growing Guide
- Lonicera (Climbing) - Care Guide
- Lonicera (Shrubby) - Care Guide
- Lophomyrtus - Growing Guide
- Loropetalum - Growing Guide
- Luma / Myrtle - Growing Guide
- Lupinus - Growing Guide
- Luzula - Growing Guide
- Lychnis - Care Guide
- Lycium barbarum - Growing Guide
- Lysichiton - Growing Guide
- Lysimachia - Growing Guide
- Maackia- Growing Guide
- Macleya - Growing Guide
- Maclura Growing Guide
- Magnolia - A guide to sizing and pricing
- Magnolia - Care Guide
- Magnolia - Hybridisation
- Magnolia - Propagation
- Magnolia - Spotlight Videos
- Mahonia - Growing Guide
- Malus - Growing Guide
- Malva - Growing Guide
- Marsdenia oreophila - Growing Guide
- Martagon Lily - Growing Guide
- Meconopsis - Growing Guide
- Melia azedarach - Growing Guide
- Melianthus - Growing Guide
- Meliosma - Growing Guide
- Mespilus - Growing Guide
- Metasequoia glyptostroboides - Growing Guide
- Metrosideros - Growing Guide
- Microbiota - Growing Guide
- Mitchella - Growing Guide
- Mitraria - Growing Guide
- Morus - Growing Guide
- Muehlenbeckia - Growing Guide
- Muhlenbergia capillaris - Growing Guide
- Myosotidium - Growing Guide
- Myrtus - Growing Guide
- Nandina - Growing Guide
- Neillia thibetica - Growing Guide
- Neolitsea - Growing Guide
- Nerine - Growing Guide
- Nothofagus - Growing Guide
- Nyssa - Growing Guide
- Oemleria - Growing Guide
- Olearia - Care Guide
- Omphalodes - Growing Guide
- Osteospermum - Growing Guide
- Ostrya - Growing Guide
- Oxydendrum - Growing Guide
- Ozothamnus - Growing Guide
- Pachysandra terminalis - Growing Guide
- Paeonies - Care Guide
- Pandorea - Growing Guide
- Panicum virgatum - Growing Guide
- Papaver - Growing Guide
- Parkinsonia - Growing Guide
- Parrotia persica - Growing Guide
- Passiflora - Care Guide
- Paulownia - Growing Guide
- Periploca - Growing Guide
- Perovskia - Growing Guide
- Persea - Growing Guide
- Petasites - Growing Guide
- Phellodendron - Growing Guide
- Philadelphus - Growing Guide
- Philesia - Growing Guide
- Phillyrea - Growing Guide
- Phoenix - Growing Guide
- Phormiums - Care Guide
- Phygelius - Growing Guide
- Phyllocladus - Growing Guide
- Physalis franchettii - Growing Guide
- Physocarpus opulifolius - Growing Guide
- Physostegia - Growing Guide
- Phytolacca - Growing Guide
- Pieris - Growing Guide
- Pileostigia - Growing Guide
- Pilgerodendron - Growing Guide
- Piptanthus - Growing Guide
- Pistacia - Growing Guide
- Pittosporum - Growing Guide
- Plagianthus - Growing Guide
- Platycarya - Growing Guide
- Platycrater - Care Guide
- Plumbago - Growing Guide
- Podocarpus - Care Guide
- Podophyllum - Growing Guide
- Polianthes - Growing Guide
- Polygala - Growing Guide
- Polygonatum - Growing Guide
- Polylepsis australis - Growing Guide
- Polyspora - Growing Guide
- Prostanthera - Growing Guide
- Protea - Care Guide
- Prunus / Cherry Trees - Growing Guide
- Prunus / Laurel - Growing Guide
- Pseudocydonia sinensis - Growing Guide
- Pseudopanax - Growing Guide
- Pseudotsuga menziesii - Growing Guide
- Pseudowintera - Growing Guide
- Ptelea - Growing Guide
- Pterocarya - Growing Guide
- Pterostyrax - Growing Guide
- Pulmonaria - Growing Guide
- Pulsatilla vulgaris - Growing Guide
- Punica - Growing Guide
- Puya - Growing Guide
- Quercus - Care Guide
- Rehderodendron - Growing Guide
- Restio - Growing Guide
- Rhamnus - Growing Guide
- Rhaphiolepis - Growing Guide
- Rhaphithamnus spinosus - Growing Guide
- Rheum - Growing Guide
- Rhodochiton - Growing Guide
- Rhododendron - Care Guide
- Rhododendron - Propagation
- Rhodotypos - Growing Guide
- Rhus - Growing Guide
- Ribes - Growing Guide
- Robinia - Growing Guide
- Rodgersia - Growing Guide
- Romneya - Growing Guide
- Roscoea - Growing Guide
- Roses - Care Guide
- Rosmarinus - Care Guide
- Rostrinucula dependens - Growing Guide
- Rubus - Care Guide
- Rudbeckia - Growing Guide
- Ruscus - Growing Guide
- Ruta graveolens - Growing Guide
- Sanguisorba menziesii - Growing Guide
- Sarcococca - Growing Guide
- Sassafras - Growing Guide
- Saxegothea - Growing Guide
- Schefflera - Growing Guide
- Schima - Growing Guide
- Schisandra - Growing Guide
- Schizophragma - Growing Guide
- Sciadopitys - Growing Guide
- Scilla peruviana - Growing Guide
- Senna corymbosa - Growing Guide
- Sequoia sempervirens - Growing Guide
- Sequoiadendron giganteum - Growing Guide
- Sinojackia xylocarpa - Growing Guide
- Sinowilsonia henryi - Growing Guide
- Skimmia - Growing Guide
- Sollya - Growing Guide
- Sophora - Growing Guide
- Sorbaria - Growing Guide
- Spartium junceum - Growing Guide
- Stachyurus - Growing Guide
- Staphylea - Growing Guide
- Stauntonia - Growing Guide
- Stephanandra - Growing Guide
- Stewartia - Growing Guide
- Stipa - Growing Guide
- Stokesia laevis - Growing Guide
- Strelitzia reginae - Growing Guide
- Strobilathes - Care Guide
- Styphnolobium - Growing Guide
- Styrax - Care Guide
- Sycoparrotia - Growing Guide
- Sycopsis - Growing Guide
- Symphytum grandiflorum - Growing Guide
- Tamarix - Growing Guide
- Taxodium distichum - Growing Guide
- Taxus - Care Guide
- Tecoma capensis - Care Guide
- Tellima grandiflora - Growing Guide
- Telopia (Protea) - Growing Guide
- Tetracentron - Growing Guide
- Tetrapanax - Growing Guide
- Teucrium - Care Guide
- Thalictrum - Care Guide
- Thujopsis dolbrata - Growing Guide
- Tiarella - Growing Guide
- Tibouchina - Growing Guide
- Tilia - Growing Guide
- Titanotrichum oldhamii - Growing Guide
- Toona - Growing Guide
- Torreya - Growing Guide
- Trachelospermum - Growing Guide
- Trachycarpus - Growing Guide
- Tradescantia - Care Guide
- Tricyrtis - Growing Guide
- Trillium - Growing Guide
- Tripterygium regelii - Growing Guide
- Trochodendron - Growing Guide
- Tropaeolum - Care Guide
- Tsuga heterophylla - Growing Guide
- Tulbaghia violacea - Care Guide
- Tweedia - Growing Guide
- Ugni molinae - Growing Guide
- Ulex europaeus - Growing Guide
- Uncinia uncinata - Growing Guide
- Uvularia - Growing Guide
- Verbena bonariensis - Growing Guide
- Veronicastrum virginicum - Growing Guide
- Vestia foetida - Growing Guide
- Vitex agnus castus - Growing Guide
- Vitis - Growing Guide
- Wachendorfia thrysiflora - Growing Guide
- Waldsteinia ternata - Growing Guide
- Watsonia - Growing Guide
- Weigelia - Care Guide
- Westringia rosmariniformis - Care Guide
- Wisteria - Care Guide
- x Crataemespilus grandiflora - Growing Guide
- x Fatshedera - Growing Guide
- x Gordolina grandiflora - Growing Guide
- x Halimiocistus - Growing Guide
- x Heucherella - Growing Guide
- x Mahoberberis aquisargentii - Growing Guide
- Xanthoceras sorbifolium - Growing Guide
- Xanthorhiza - Growing Guide
- Yucca - Growing Guide
- Zantedeschia Arum Lily - Care Guide
- Zanthoxylum - Growing Guide
- Zauschneria - Care Guide
- Zelkova - Growing Guide
- Zenobia - Growing Guide
- Ziziphus sativa - Care Guide
