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Blanket Weed Treatment | Weed Control

Find out how to get rid of blanket weed that grows in ponds. Blanket weed can be a real problem when the water warms up during warm spring days.

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!

Rabbits | Garden Pests and Diseases | Gardening Tips

Rabbits can cause carnage in your garden - follow our guide to recognising and preventing rabbit damage before it gets out of hand (hint: physical barriers help!)

All seeds are divided into categories and these are shown in the catalogues and elsewhere by abbreviations, such as HA, HP and so on. This is a shorthand way of describing a plant's growing characteristics...

How to prune pear trees

It’s a good idea to prune your pear trees regularly to encourage them to crop well and stimulate the growth of new fruiting wood. Find out when and how to prune here.

Welcome to Thompson and Morgan, a Tropicana Breakfast Club partner - Terms and Conditions

Grow Your Own Fruit Trees

Fruit Tree pollination | The Woodland Trust Jubilee Woods Project

Pollination occurs when bees and insects take pollen from one tree and transfer it to another of the same species to start the fruit growing process.

Clubs and Societies Discount Scheme | Existing Customers

Great discounts offered to members of horticultural and gardening clubs, societies and associations! Download bulk order forms here and start saving now.

Fungal Leaf Spot | Garden Pests and Diseases | Gardening Tips

Black spotted leaves are often a sign of fungal infection, particularly with high humidity. Find out how you can deal with this and take preventative steps right 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).

Big Begonia Revival

Begonias are the best because they're so versatile! They're easy to grow, come in many shapes and sizes. Find out all about begonias in our Big Begonia Revival.

Facebook questions Jan 7th

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.

Planting up hanging baskets video

Learn how to plant up a hanging basket in our video. Hanging baskets add vertical interest to doorways and bring a whole new dimension to gardening.

Top 10 tips for heating a greenhouse in winter

Feeling the chill? Here are ten top tips on how to heat your greenhouse and protect tender plants over the winter. Find out what horticultural professional Sue Sanderson advises to help make your greenhouse heating more efficient, avoid high energy costs and reduce the impact on the environment.

Leek Rust | Garden Pests and Diseases | Gardening Tips

Leek rust is unsightly but mostly harmless. Learn how to deal with this fungal infection in this article from TandM's experts.

Campanulas

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

How to Grow Potatoes Video

Growing potatoes couldn't be easier - we show you how to grow potatoes in this video.

Facebook Seed Giveaway Terms and Conditions

Enter our Facebook 'Friday Freebie' to be in with a chance of winning Thompson and Morgan seeds! Please read the terms and conditions carefully before entering.

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.

How To Grow Strawberries

Learn how to grow strawberries, and enjoy a bumper crop of tasty, juicy strawberries from your own garden by using TandM’s guide.

Twitter Plant Naming Competitions

Enter our new plant name competition on Twitter and you could be in with a chance of winning a £10 Thompson and Morgan eVoucher. This competition closes at 1pm on Friday 27th July.

Top 10 Spring Flowering Bulbs

Read our Top 10 Guide to Spring Flowering Bulbs. Spring out of winter with a flourish of colour using TandM's guide to our top ten early flowering bulbs.

Plants for Wildlife | Plants for a Purpose

There are so many benefits to attracting wildlife into your garden. Apart from saving the decline of our native species, garden wildlife also acts as a natural pest control

Money saving gardening tips, money saving ideas

Michael Perry's Top 5 Bedding Plants

Bedding plants don't have to be all limp, lacklustre marigolds and petunias. There's a wealth of newer, strong-growing varieties to transform your beds and borders into a reliable carnival of colour, from summer and beyond.

RHS Chelsea Flower Show Pllant of the Year 2012 Digitalis

Winner of the RHS Chelsea Flower Show Plant of the year, Digitalis Illumination Pink, a breeding phenomenon which' shouldn't even exist, according to botanists, but Thompson and Morgan's plant breeders have achieved the impossible!

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.

Pear Rust | Garden Pests and Diseases | Gardening Tips

If your pear leaves and fruit are suffering, it could be pear rust. Find out more about it and how to deal with the condition in our article.

Facebook questions April 1st

Facebook QandA session Friday 1st April 2011 - Topics include: Plant lights, supporting runner beans, growth in Begonia corms, what to use a half-full strawberry planter for and when to apply feed to your plants.

Tomato Gigantomoandreg; Competition

Tomato Gigantomo® Competition from Thompson and Morgan - Experts in the garden since 1885

Request a Free Catalogue

Request your free copy of the latest flower and vegetable seed and plant catalogues from Thompson and Morgan

Top recycling tips for the garden

Gardeners are hoarders! Creative recycling can often produce some of the most inventive ideas and could save you a small fortune in buying the latest gardening kit.

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.

Growing Tomatoes

How to grow tomatoes

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