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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Rose powdery mildew is a fungus that produces airborne spores from infected stems or buds on roses. After overwintering on your plants, the disease is most likely to flare up if the roots are in dry ...

There's no garden tool more essential than the trusty trowel. It's perfect for planting in both borders and containers, but is also great for weeding, getting bulbs in at the right depth, scooping ...

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 ...

Cercis canadensis 'Forest Pansy' is a multi-stemmed tree with purple, heart-shaped leaves with pointed tips, which turn yellow in autumn before falling. In spring it bears deep crimson, pink or ...