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How to redeem your promotional code

Find out how to redeem your promotional, catalogue or newspaper code on the Thompson and Morgan website.

Geraniums | Geranium Varieties

This article outlines the history of geraniums, surveys the modern geranium varieties and most importantly, how to grow geraniums with success.

Climbing Plants for Walls and Fences | Plants for a Purpose

Climbing plants are great for covering fences, walls, trellis, arches or obelisks! We've put together a list of climbing plants for shade and sun.

How To Grow Courgettes

Learn how to grow Courgettes. Find out how easy it is to grow prolific courgette crops with TandM’s guide.

How to prune passion flowers / Passiflora

Here’s how to prune your passion flower for a healthy display of brightly coloured blooms, year after year. Start by pruning out any dead or damaged shoots, then reduce the remaining stems to fit the growth to the available space.

How many plants do I need in a hanging basket or container?

Learn how many plants to use per hanging basket or container, with our table of the most popular bedding plants, showing the quantities you'll need for the best display!

Plants for different soil types

Have you ever tried to grow a plant which just simply doesn't thrive? It could be due to your soil type! We all have slightly different soil depending on where we live, from dry sandy soil to heavy, wet clay. Many plants just can't cope with the extreme conditions these soils provide, which is why…

Roses | Pruning | Gardening Information

This page provides advice on how to prune a rose in your garden. It's best to leave the new growth and prune your roses in February, when growth starts again. When pruning your roses, cut out any diseased or dead shoots first. Cut the remaining strong shoots to about 15cm from the base, making the…

Perennial Plants for Pots

Container gardening offers a world of opportunity in tiny town gardens, concreted areas, and even on balconies. Coming back year after year, perennial plants in pots are an easy solution to brightening up your patio or balcony areas! We've put together some simple patio container ideas to help you…

Campanulas

Peter Lewis writes about campanula varieties which deserve to be grown more widely. Campanulas, also know as bellflowers, are old garden favourites.

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Pansies are not Difficult to Grow from Seeds

Pansies are well-loved bedding plants and some will flower in winter too. They're surprisingly easy to grow from seed - read our handy guide now.

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Gardening Glossary - Glossary of Gardening Terms

View Thompson and Morgan's glossary of gardening terms and take the jargon out of gardening.

How To Grow Sweet Peas

Learn how to create a classic, fragrant Sweet Pea garden. Follow the step by step guide at TandM from sowing to cutting.

What to do in the garden in August

Harvest your veg - lift onions and shallots once the leaves have died back. Protect fruit crops from hungry birds - use netting or bird scarers. More tips here€¦

Plants for Coastal and Exposed Gardens

Learn the best plants for coastal and exposed sites. Discover the plants that thrive in tougher conditions from TandM’s guide.

Planting Up Hanging Baskets

Read our helpful guide to planting up hanging baskets. Fill them with the right number of plants for striking spring, summer or winter basket displays.

How to Grow Oca (New Zealand Yams)

Known as the New Zealand Yam, Oca is an unusual member of the Oxalis family that has long been grown in the Andes for its nutritionally rich tubers with a tangy lemon flavour that becomes nuttier once cooked.

Hellebores

Brian Mathew talks about hellebores which have been growing in popularity in recent years. Find out the best advice for growing hellebores from seed.

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Thompson and Morgan Facebook horticultural question and answer session

The answers to questions posted on the Thompson and Morgan Facebook page - written by Sue Foster the horticultural advisor for Thompson and Morgan. Topics include: Japanese Maple disease, soil pH testing, collecting and storing sunflower seeds, maintaining asparagus plants, which plants suit dry…

What to sow and grow in May

What to sow in May: biennials, foxglove, sweet william, perennials, primula, aquilegia, godetia, sunflower, nasturtium, runner and French beans, melon, herbs€¦

Dandelions | Weed Control

This page provides advice on the best way to get rid of dandelions in your lawn. Dandelions are hard to kill as they have a deep taproot and self-seed prolifically.

How to prune rosemary

Leave rosemary untouched, and it can soon get too big and woody. Prune it carefully and it will reward you with years of fragrance and flavour. Find out how to prune rosemary here.

Horse Radish | Weed Control | Gardening Information

This page provides advice on how to get rid of horse radish in your garden. We're afraid you'll need to be persistent with this! Dig up as much of the roots as you can (dig deeply rather than just pulling them up from the surface).

Primula 'Blue Jeans' leads to discovery of supergene

Research involving primula seed from a packet purchased from the 1995 Thompson and Morgan catalogue has led to the discovery of a supergene.

How To Grow Pumpkins

It's almost Halloween! But once again, you may well be kicking yourself after forgetting to sow any pumpkin seeds. Way back in spring you were busy sowing summer crops and Halloween was the furthest thing from your mind. But now you are faced with disappointment of picking your pumpkin from the…

In the Garden this Month September

View our list vegetables and flowers that you can order in September, to sow and see results from in the coming month!

New spring varieties inspiration page

Let us inspire you with our new spring varieties 2015! Take a look at our new varieties including our own breeding variety Dwaft Buddleja 'Buzz Candy Pink'.

Plant Selector

Choosing plants can be difficult, so we've put together a handy guide to help you select the right plants for the right place in your garden.

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Plants that Flower Once | Annuals | Perennials | Biennials

Plants that flower and fruit only once in their lives rely on seed to perpetuate themselves. Daan Smit discusses these monocarpic plants. There are many distinct growth forms in the plant world and the monocarpic plants represent one of the most curious. The word monocarpic derives from the Greek…

Pinks: Evocaton of the Past | Dianthus | Flowers | Plants | Seeds

Richard Bird looks at old-fashioned pinks, which more than any other plants evoke the gardens of yesteryear. Mention old-fashioned pinks to anybody, gardener or non-gardener, and they will immediately know what you are talking about. They have an evocative quality about them that almost defies…

Clematis Wilt | Garden Pests and Diseases | Gardening Tips

A bigger problem for commercial growers, clematis wilt is caused by a fungus that can affect your garden. Here's how you can deal with and prevent it.

Honey Fungus | Garden Pests and Diseases | Gardening Tips

Leaves browning prematurely? Perennials and woody plants infected with fungus? Here's what you can do about it, from the experts at TandM.