BBC Gardeners’ World Spring Fair returns to Beaulieu, in Hampshire on 2-4 May 2025. Book your great value tickets now with 15 ...

Take the pain out of pruning with our pick of the best battery powered secateurs in 2024 ...

Formerly known as Dicentra spectablilis, bleeding heart, Lamprocapnos spectabilis, is a Chinese plant bearing pink-red, heart-shaped flowers with white tips, which hang from arching flower stems in ...

Perennials are the stalwarts of our garden borders, providing colourful garden flowers, year after year. There are many different types, including herbaceous perennial, short-lived perennial, woody ...

There’s nothing quite like eating your own homegrown apples, but it can be tricky to harvest them, even on fairly small trees. So we’ve put together a selection of the best apple-picking tools that ...

Lacecap hydrangeas are instantly recognisable, with their flat flowerheads consisting of a centre of tiny, clustered flowers surrounded by a ring of showy florets. Unlike mophead hydrangeas, lacecaps ...

Sloping gardens may seem challenging, but there are plenty of ways to transform even the steepest inclines into split-level spaces to provide areas for relaxation, entertaining and planting. How you ...

Grass trimmers are a great tool for tidying up straggly grass, as well as areas a lawn mower can’t reach, such as path and flower bed edges, and around the base of trees. They can also help clear ...

Autumn is a busy season in the pruning calendar, the perfect time to remove old growth to get plants into shape. Many plants that have played a star role in borders in summer will need tidying up in ...

Penstemons are valuable garden plants, grown for their long-flowering season and popularity with bees. There are many different types of penstemon, with some suited to the alpine garden while the ...

Most gardens will have areas that get sun for only part of the day – between three and six hours in summer. Where these spots are in your garden depends on the type of garden shade you have, or its ...