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Tokely's Tales Gardening Blog - February 2012
It may be cold and snowy out in the garden, but in the greenhouse it's toasty warm and cuttings are springing into life.
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Plants for Containers | Plants for a Purpose
Containers help utilise all the available space in your garden €“ they brighten up walls, fences and patios. Most plants can be grown in a container but some are better suited to this than others. We've put together a list of the best plants for containers, baskets, flower pouches and window boxes…
Recipes | Spicy Butternut Squash Soup
This is a lovely, creamy soup. All of the veg items came from my garden and only used ONE Apache chilli, but still made my mouth tingle!
How to Plant Begonia Tubers Video
To get the best display from your Begonias watch our video on how to plant Begonia tubers.
How to Sow Small Seeds | Thompson and Morgan
Learn how to handle and sow small, fiddly seeds, which are more difficult to sow than larger species. Watch our handy video guide to sowing small seeds.
What to do in the garden in May
Harden off half-hardy plants ready for planting in the garden. Harvest rhubarb and asparagus. Water young fruit trees well while they are putting on rapid growth.
How to Assemble and Plant up a Flower Ballandtrade;
Watch our video to find out how to assemble and plant up a Flower Ballandtrade;. You can create stunning hanging baskets too with our easy to follow how to video guide.
What to sow and grow in November
What to sow in November: winter salads, windowsill herbs, spring onion, pak choi, broad bean, sweet peas, foxglove 'Camelot', verbascum, lupin, delphinium€¦
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How to prune raspberries
Regular pruning is easy, but essential to prevent raspberry canes becoming overcrowded, which will gradually weaken them. Find out when and how to prune them here.
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.
How To Sow Wild Flower Seeds
Learn how to sow wild flower seeds. Cultivating annual or perennial wildflowers from seed in your garden is easy with TandM’s guide.
Create a haven for bees and butterflies
It's really important to attract bees and butterflies to your garden. View some of our top bees and butterfly friendly plants.
Staghorn Tree | Weed Control | Gardening Information
This page provides advice on how to get rid of an invasive staghorn (sumach). Sounds as though your Staghorn tree (Sumach) is taking over! Unfortunately this is a common problem with Sumachs as they respond by profuse suckering when the main stem is removed.
Christmas Gift Plants Guide
Want to know how to prolong the life of your Christmas Living Gifts? How to get the best displays from your Indoor Christmas Plants.
Fruit Growing Guide
Growing your own fruit trees and bushes is extremely rewarding. Find out how to get the best from your fruit plants in our fruit growing guide.
Butterfly
Thompson and Morgan we've got the bug for butterflies.With conservationists predicting a bumper year for British butterflies, there's never been a better time to take a walk on the wild side and get planting for pollinators in 2015.
Tokely's Tales Gardening Blog - April 2012
The recent hosepipe ban and subsequent deluge of rain and spell of cold weather has slowed down progress in Andrew Tokely's garden and on his allotment, but as ever, there is still plenty to do!
Planting up patio bags gardening video
Use patio grow bags to bring easy colour to your patio, courtyard or balcony. Follow our video and learn how to plant up your patio bags.
Tomato Gigantomoandreg; Competition
Tomato Gigantomo® Competition from Thompson and Morgan - Experts in the garden since 1885
rootgrow„¢ Seed Companion - Your Friendly Mycorrhizal Fungi
Give your seeds and plants the best start in life. Within 4 weeks, seedlings and plants will grow a huge secondary root system which will support them for their entire life.
Plants For Shade | Plants For A Purpose
Learn about the best flowers, fruits and vegetables for shade in your garden. See TandM's top tips for designing a shady garden.
New Seed Varieties
View our range of new seed varieties. Choose your favourites from over 50 new flower and vegetables seed introductions.
Recipes | Plum Curd
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.
Growing Hardy Geraniums from Seed
Find out how to grow hardy geraniums from seed. Hardy Geraniums are rapidly increasing in popularity as trouble-free garden plants.
Michael Perry's Gardening Blog September 2012 - Hydrangeas
This month Michael Perry talks hydrangeas - these sturdy, stunning plants are easy to grow and care for and there are several varieties to choose from.
Dahlias from Seed
An increasing number of dwarf bedding dahlias are being grown from seed. In this article, Graham Rice recommends the best dahlia varieties.
Grow Your Own
Get everything you need to grow your own beautiful flowers or delicious crops of fruit and vegetables. We have an extraordinary range of equipment and fertilisers to help you.
Water Plants
Find info on water plants and aquatic equipment from Thompson and Morgan - Experts in the garden since 1885
Strawberry Just Add Cream Press Release
Our fantastic new Strawberry 'Just Add Cream.' If it is not the best tasting strawberry you've ever grown we will give you your money back.
Drought Resistant Plants | Plants for a Purpose
With our increasingly hot summers drought-resistant plants are becoming particularly useful for gardeners. Find out which drought-resistant plants are right for your garden
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