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Fruit | How To Gardening Guides
Whatever fruit trees, bushes or plants you would like to grow in your garden, view our our handy Fruit 'How To' gardening guides will help you get the best from your fruiting plants.
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Toby Buckland Prize Draw
Win a visit from Toby Buckland, garden designer, author and TV presenter PLUS £1000 of TandM vouchers!
Sowing Seeds
Reaching the crucial part of the whole exercise, Ian Hodgson looks at seed sowing techniques. A forest of strong, healthy green seedlings is every seed sowers dream and a measure of the skills required to coax dormant seed into life...
Gardening to beat the drought
Find out how to keep your gardening at its best while the hosepipe ban is in place. Get gardening advice and tips from Thompson and Morgan.
Gall Mites | Garden Pests and Diseases | Gardening Tips
Gall mites are largely harmless, but if you have a large infestation, plants can suffer. Learn more about the symptoms of gall mite damage here.
How to Feed Petunia Plants Video
Petunia fertiliser keeps your Petunias looking great all summer - learn how to feed Petunias in this video.
Sweet Peas Autumn Sown | Seeds | Plants
For the very finest sweet pea blooms for cut flowers and exhibiting we are always recommended to sow in the autumn. Bernard Jones explains why and describes the ideal technique.
Thompson and Morgan Facebook Question and Answer Session 25th November
Horticultural questions and answers 25th November - topics include: Pelargonium not flowering, Fusarium patches on lawns, Strawberrries for all season cropping, Growing Box hedges
How to Grow Peas
Learn how to grow peas with TandM’s guide. We reveal how incredibly easy growing peas is, and how to achieve good yields in small spaces.
How to prune magnolia trees
Unless they’re being trained, magnolias don’t need regular pruning. In fact, it’s best to avoid pruning established trees unless absolutely necessary. Find out more here.
How to Grow Basil
Basil is a useful herb to have in the kitchen and it's really easy to grow. Learn how to grow your own Basil plants from seed.
News Archive January 2012
News Archive January 2012: Name that sunflower, fuchsias, super healthy currants, photo competitions, new black fuchsia, Alan Titchmarsh Collection€¦
Trees for Small Gardens
When choosing trees for small gardens it is worth considering just how much space you have and which seasons of interest best suit your planting scheme. Trees can bring all sorts of interest to your garden whether through flowers, foliage, fruit or bark; and can create colour and interest all year…
How To Grow Wistera
Wisteria is the quintessential climber, but for many gardeners the idea of all that pruning and training just feels far too complicated. But it's not as tricky as you might think. Follow our guide to learn how to grow and prune wisteria.
How to grow Broad Beans
Learn how to grow Broad Beans. TandM's handy guide shows how to sow and harvest this superb vegetable. Cheap, easy to handle and simple to germinate.
Top 10 tips to prepare your garden for spring
Getting your garden ready for spring will help make the growing season a little less hectic. Read our Top 10 tips to prepare your garden for spring.
How to grow parsley
Because it takes so long to germinate many gardeners have trouble raising parsley. David Batty explains how to get round the problem. The cultivation of parsley goes back at least to the Ancient Greeks who used it to crown their athletes, and also wore it to fend off drunkenness! It has long been…
How to grow Poppies in your garden
Learn how to grow poppies in your own garden. Add striking splashes of colour to your borders, rockeries and gravelled areas with TandM’s simple growing guide.
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!
How to Grow Onions and Shallots
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.
Leaf Blowers and Garden Vacs Explained
Our range of leaf blowers and garden vacs is explained in this article. Shop Now for the best deal.
Winter Hanging Basket Master Class
Create beautiful winter hanging basket displays for your garden in 10 easy steps. Let our expert, Michael Perry guide you with his helpful winter hanging basket video.
Companion Planting Guide
Read our Companion Planting Guide. TandM’s guide reveals which plants mutually benefit from being planted together.
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€¦
Facebook question
Horticultural questions and answers18th March - topics include: Pruning Tree Paeonies, Removing Dandelions from lawns, Pruning Camellias, Pricking out seedlings, Growing Echinacea plants
News Archive August 2011
News Archive August 2011: Potato selector guide, yellow raspberries, early autumn, busy lizzies and downy mildew, save the English apple tree and more.
Edible Flowers Guide
Many flowers are edible such as nasturtiums and can make a delicious and attractive addition to recipes. View our Edible Flower Guide.
Old Fashioned Sweet Peas
The term 'Old-Fashioned' refers to the sweet pea, Lathyrus odoratus, which came to this country from Sicily in 1699 and was developed and remarkably improved in the latter part of the last century. This group is sometimes termed grandifloras.
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…
Plant Scorch | Pests and Diseases | Gardening Information
This page provides advice on plant scorch in your garden. Blackening of the leaf tips would suggest that the plants have dried out at some point. This is a common problem with plants that are grown in containers as they are almost entirely reliant on you for their water supply during dry weather...
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