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Vine Weevils | Garden Pests and Diseases | Gardening Tips

Vine weevils are loathed by gardeners - but there are ways you can deal with them. Follow our simple tips, and you can recognise and control the damage they do.

Toby Buckland Prize Draw

Win a visit from Toby Buckland, garden designer, author and TV presenter PLUS £1000 of TandM vouchers!

How to grow mushrooms

Learn how to grow mushrooms. Growing mushrooms may seem complicated but it's not - read TandM’s guide to establish crops without any specialist equipment.

Clubs and Societies Discount Scheme | Why Choose Us?

Discover the great benefits of ordering from Thompson and Morgan, including exclusive offers and discounts for clubs and societies.

How to Grow Hydrangeas

Hydrangeas simply exude understated elegance, bringing real class to summer borders. Read on to learn how to grow Hydrangeas.

Thompson and Morgan Facebook Question and Answer Session 16th September

Horticultural questions and answers 16th September - Topics include: How to prune Rhododendrons, Growing Butternut Squash, Underplanting a Beech Hedge, Harvesting Seeds, Overwintering Peach Trees

Flower of the year 2013

A chance find in a seed store led to the discovery of a new nasturtium - 'Crimson Emperor', named Thompson and Morgan's Flower of the year 2013.

Garden Ready Plants

Garden Ready plants are larger plug plants for beds and baskets that can be planted straight into the garden. Buy yours online today.

How to prune apple trees

Whichever type of apple tree you grow, regular pruning is important if you want it to stay healthy and produce lots of fruit. Here’s how and when to prune your apple trees.

Thompson and Morgan Clubs and Societies Discount Scheme | New Customers

Signing up to the Thompson and Morgan discount scheme for clubs and societies is free and you'll get great discounts, special offers and much more.

How to prune fuchsias

Pruning fuchsias is a simple task - just follow our easy step-by-step guide to when and how to cut back.

How to plant up a pond

Planting up your pond is not as tricky as it sounds. Learn about aquatic zones and how to choose the best aquatic plants for your garden pond.

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…

What are Garden Shredders

Garden shredders are the perfect tool to recycle your old wood, and leaves. Making light work of garden waste find out what garden shredder is best for you

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.

Seed Sowing - Where did I go wrong?

If you have ever experienced problems with seed germination or with pricking out and hardening your seedlings, we've put together all the possible reasons for these failures, and how to avoid them next year!

Sowing Biennials and Perennials

Every garden should have room for early-flowering biennials and a variety of perennial flowers. Find out how to sow biennials and perennials in your garden.

What to sow and grow in October

What to sow in October: crepis, hollyhock, oriental poppies, hellebore, wildflowers, winter salad leaves, carrots, windowsill herbs, hardy annuals€¦

Top 10 Autumn and Winter Flowering Bulbs

As the summer draws to a close, there are still a few autumn and winter flowering bulbs that are happy to brave the cold and bring a splash of colour.

Grow Your Own Tree Lilies

Grow a fragrant hedge in your garden with our incredible Tree Lilies®. Find out more about our tree lilies® and how to buy them.

Duchess of Cambridge's charity gets a boost

Thompson and Morgan is proudly supporting The Treehouse, a brand new hospice in Ipswich built by EACH (East Anglia's Childrens' Hospice) and officially opened in March this year by its Royal Patron, HRH The Duchess of Cambridge.

How To Grow Lavender

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.

Twitter Friday Freebie Terms and Conditions

Post a the URL of your favourite new product from the TandM Spring 2013 range to be in with a chance of winning a £5 Thompson and Morgan eVoucher - Closing date 11:59pm (GMT) on Friday 25th January 2013

Watercress

Watercress contains more vitamin c than oranges and more iron than spinach gram for gram. Find out everything about watercress along with handy recipes.

How To Grow Chilli Peppers

Learn how to grow chilli peppers in the UK. TandM's article helps you grow chillies on windowsills, in greenhouses, or directly in the ground.

Find Ray Press Release

Poor Ray Windsley had his garden distroyed by vandals. Thompson and Morgan have given him £250 of vouchers to help get his garden back

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.

Tokely's Tales Gardening Blog - November 2011

With the weather so mild, working outside is very pleasant. The dark evenings give me time to look through catalogues and prepare my order for the new season.

Growing Foxgloves Growing from Seed

Find out how to grow Foxgloves (Digitalis purpurea) in your garden. Foxgloves are perhaps one of the few native plants to be well received in gardens.

BBC Gardeners' World Live

How To Grow Tomatoes

Sow tomato seeds indoors during March/April and plant out in grow bags in May. Protect from draughts when young. Get great tips and tricks to grow your tomatoes from TandM.

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…

Clubs and Societies Discount Scheme | Newsletter Archive

Quarterly newsletters dedicated to members of horticultural and gardening clubs, societies and associations. View the newsletter archive here.

Raising F1 Hybrid Geraniums from Seed

Read our article on Raising F1 Hybrid Geraniums from Seed and find out when and how to sow geraniums.

Planting and growing plug plants video

Learn what to do with your plug plants once they're delivered to your home. Watch our video for planting and growing on tips.

What to sow and grow in September

Here’s what to plant in September, including flowers, fruits and vegetables. There's still plenty of seeds to sow in September too. If you want to know what vegetables to grow in September, check out our helpful checklists for advice.