This delicious recipe is ideal for plums but can also be used with other fruit such as apricots, peeled apples or peaches. Taken from her book, Minding 'My Peas and Cucumbers: Quirky Tales of Allotment Life', Kay Sexton has kindly donated this recipe which shows us a great way to use up a glut of plums.
Horticultural questions and answers 16th September - Topics include: How to prune Rhododendrons, Growing Butternut Squash, Underplanting a Beech Hedge, Harvesting Seeds, Overwintering Peach Trees
I have lost count of how many times I have visited the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, but one thing is guaranteed - I always see a few gardens and new plants or ideas that inspire me in my own garden. Read Andrew Tokely's gardening blog here
Onions sets and shallot sets are easy to grow and make a low maintenance crop for beginner gardeners. Find out how to grow your own onions and shallots.
Learn how to grow Lavender. Read TandM's guide about this fragrant and easy to grow plant to get the best displays in your garden.
Read our Companion Planting Guide. TandM’s guide reveals which plants mutually benefit from being planted together.
Fashionable flowers€¦this week Michael talks about fancy flowers that are strutting their stuff this season, including black fuchsias and green dianthus.
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New varieties featuring in the Thompson and Morgan Summer range of plants for 2016. Featuring: Meconopsis, Clematis, Hydrangea, Cornus, Lavender and Camellia.
Horticultural questions and answers 7th January - topics include: planting new beds, Downy Mildew on busy lizzies, planting and growing wisteria, growing autumn planted garlic, pruning autumn fruiting raspberries.
Apple scab is a common condition which isn't too harmful, but can weaken trees over time. Find out how to deal with it in this article from the TandM experts.
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This page provides advice on leaf blight in your garden. The brown spots may be fungal leaf blight or lily disease. This type of fungus spreads freely in wet, humid conditions. The best way of preventing it is to grow lilies in sunny, well ventilated positions where the foliage will dry out quickly…
Follow our how to grow peas video tutorial for advice on planting, growing and harvesting both shelling and edible podded peas.
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Brown rot is a fungus that affects fruit and ornamental trees. Here's how you can prevent it, and treat it if it's affected your own garden.
Find out how to grow hardy geraniums from seed. Hardy Geraniums are rapidly increasing in popularity as trouble-free garden plants.
Learn how to grow herbs. TandM’s guide reveals how to easily grow your own herb garden even in a small space.
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Watercress contains more vitamin c than oranges and more iron than spinach gram for gram. Find out everything about watercress along with handy recipes.
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…
Your crops have been harvested, and the exuberant summer colour has faded from your borders €“ but don't be fooled into thinking that it's all over until next spring. Autumn is a busy time in the garden, clearing away the decaying vegetation of the summer and preparing the garden for the cold…
Learn how to plant up a flower pouch with our video. Flower pouches are perfect for covering walls and fences and are easy to fill - once you know how!
Learn how to plant up an easy fill hanging basket for winter following our video tutorial from gardening expert Michael Perry.
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Thompson and Morgan is delighted to introduce a new black fuchsia, exclusively available from the Alan Titchmarsh Collection.
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Silvery leaves can be a symptom of a fungal infection. Read our article for help on how to identify, treat and prevent silver leaf fungus.
Our Autumn Catalogue range brings you a fabulous selection of bulbs, trees and shrubs to fill your gardens and features many new varieties for this year, including some world exclusives.
Read our article on Raising F1 Hybrid Geraniums from Seed and find out when and how to sow geraniums.
Treat your loved ones this Christmas with a gardening gift from Thompson and Morgan. A range of gifts, including indoor plants and bulbs, keepsakes and much more!
Become a guest blogger on Thompson and Morgan's gardening blog. Read on to find out how to submit a guest post.
Horticultural questions and answers18th March - topics include: Pruning Tree Paeonies, Removing Dandelions from lawns, Pruning Camellias, Pricking out seedlings, Growing Echinacea plants
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