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Start now for an abundant spring and summer. George Hudson shares his essential garden shopping list to avoid empty shelves and shortages come April
January offers surprising delights for London garden lovers. George Hudson sniffs out fragrant winter blooms and a seed bank for rare edible plants
You don’t have to freeze outside to exercise your green fingers this month
These easy gardening resolutions will ensure you end this year as strong as you start — with a healthy planet and bank balance to boot
Handing over a single gift on December 25 is so old school. Earn much longer-term brownie points by choosing a gift that – literally – keeps on giving.
Difficult but not impossible to look after, coconut palms will test your plant parenting skills.
Famously a tricky plant to look after, but Dionaea muscipula doesn’t have to be just for Halloween.
It might require more water and humidity than a typical cactus, but don’t let that put you off.
Not technically a cactus, the Euphorbia ingens is a sun-loving stunner
Available in an extraordinary range of colours, this try-hard houseplant is a fun, low-maintenance addition to any houseplant gang.
If left unpruned avocado plants tend to outgrow the average home in just a couple of years.
This energetic foliage plant is always eager to unfurl new Instagram-worthy fronds
Are millennial houseplant obsessives really to blame for the worrying rise in trafficking of endangered plants?
Lockdown and a Love Island break up helped the Essex social media influencer take the Shed of the Year crown
Unfussy and versatile, this evergreen houseplant responds well to a good prune
This late winter-flowering plant will provide an early pick-me-up in the year
You’ll have most likely seen the striking orange and blue flowers in a tropical bouquet, and if you have a thirst for Jurassic foliage, you may already have one in your home.
Watering is everything when it comes to a maidenhair fern. But the results are worth the effort.
A fuss-free houseplant that will cope with everything you throw at it.
The horticulturally starved should head to Hampton Court Festival from tomorrow, says Alex Mitchell.
Polarising as their scent may be, Pelargonium graveolens do make excellent houseplants.
One of the easiest plants to propagate and it even tolerates periods without watering, the purple spiderwort may well be our dream houseplant.
Size doesn’t matter when it comes to enjoying a summer holiday in your back yard
A hardy houseplant with peachy orange flowers in spring that needs minimal watering
The string-of-pearls succulent is well-suited for indoor growing — if you get the watering and light right.
Regular watering is key with ferns, these plants will rarely forgive you for forgetting about them for too long.
Hundreds of Shed of the Year entries have been whittled down to just 22 across nine categories.
Whether you want to entertain friends or make a cosy space, here are some quick fixes that can transform a blank canvas into a summer oasis.
Place it in your sunniest spot, and don’t forget to water. Here’s what you need to know about Opuntia microdasys.
Strong stems with heart-shaped leaves make the Ceropegia a pretty addition to a bookshelf or windowsill.
The Virtual Chelsea Flower Show 2021 is on this week, after a decision was made to postpone the in-person event to September 21-26.
Known as the love plant or purple shamrock, the Oxalis triangularis is a plant that moves.
This ‘tree hair’ houseplant is more closely related to a pineapple than a moss.
Natural born plant killer? Not with these new green-fingered start-ups helping novices grow their own veg
Sensitive but adaptable, here’s what you need to know about looking after a fiddle-leaf fig.
How Martha Krempel turned a Zone 2 ‘mud pit’ into a desert-inspired courtyard.