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What Are Multi Tools Used For

Multi tools are an ideal gift for any gardener. They are extremely useful and can be kept in a pocket or on a belt. Multi purpose multi tools

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€¦

What to do in the garden in June

Pinch out the tips of bedding plants to encourage bushy growth and more flowers. Start side-shooting tomato plants. Ventilate greenhouses. More tips for June€¦

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.

How To overwinter in a cold frame

Do you have tender plants that need care during winter? This article explains how to overwinter your plants in a cold frame.

Viburnum Beetle | Garden Pests and Diseases | Gardening Tips

Are your viburnum leaves looking lacy and damaged? Viburnum beetle is probably the cause - read our tips to control them and limit their damage.

How to grow parsnips

Learn how to sow and grow parsnips with our helpful guide. Here’s our complete guide on how and when to sow parsnips and when to harvest these tasty root veg.

Buy one get one FREE on autumn planting bulbs

Sowing small seeds video

Learn the right way to sow small seeds and boost their chances of germination in our helpful video tutorial. Watch our tutorial for sowing advice and tips.

Facebook 12 Days of Christmas Terms and Conditions

Join in the festive fun with our Facebook '12 days of Christmas' competitions.

How to Build a Three Tiered Planter

Plant up a fountain of colour in a sturdy three tiered planter. Watch this easy to follow instructional video on our to put together the three tiered planter

Fruit Trees for Small Gardens

Even if your garden is small you can still grow all the fruit you would like. Our range of fruit trees caters for large and small gardens alike.

Growing Hanging Baskets and Containers| Thompson and Morgan

Hanging baskets, containers and Flower Pouchesandreg; add a whole new dimension to gardening. Find out more about using hanging baskets in your garden.

Campanulas

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

Facebook questions Oct 29th

horticultural questions and answers 29th Oct - topics include: Overwintering sweet peas plugs, pruning olive trees, why peaches drop their fruit, growing vegetables in winter, growing mushrooms, yellowing bay leaves.

Vegetable Seed Sowing Guide

Take a look at our Vegetable Seed Growing guide. TandM’s expert advice shows what and when to sow and where to sow it throughout the year.

What to do in the garden in April

Divide perennial plants to increase your stock. Deadhead winter pansies to keep them flowering longer. Plant potatoes and sow parsnips now. Read more tips here€¦

Beat the Broccoli Shortage

Growing your own may be the only way to have crops of purple sprouting broccoli in 2011. Find out more in our news article - Beat the Broccoli Shortage

Vegetable of the year 2013

Introducing Tomato Rainbow Blend, an exclusive mix of red, yellow, orange and unusual pink tomatoes. Named Thompson and Morgan's Vegetable of the year 2013.

Recipes | Coco Calypso Cocktail

A great recipe for using up your spare strawberries. Inspired by a holiday in Jamaica, grow and make your own cocktail with this easy to follow - delicious - recipe.

Top Fruit and Vegetables for Healthy Eyes

Protect your eyes and maintain their health by eating a variety of fruit and vegetables every day. View our list of top fruit and veg for healthy eyes.

Instant Impact Range of Outdoor Potted Plants

Looking for instant impact? Here are our suggestions the best shrubs, trees, perennials and evergreen plants to get your garden off to a flying start.

Tokely's Tales Gardening Blog - March 2012

Spring is on its way! Perennials are bursting into life, the allotment is ready to be dug over and it's time to seriously start thinking about seed sowing.

Six Months of Fragrance

We've selected seven perfectly perfumed planting partners to bring you an extra long season of scent and colour.

Giant Sunflower Press Release

Winning the TandM Giant Sunflower competition Mr Hope has some great advice and tops tips for you to grow your own giant sunflower

How to prune passion flowers / Passiflora

Here’s how to prune your passion flower for a healthy display of brightly coloured blooms, year after year. Start by pruning out any dead or damaged shoots, then reduce the remaining stems to fit the growth to the available space.

Sowing in Open Ground

Many authors often refer (which they frequently do!) to growing from seed, and it is always assumed that the seed will be sown in pans, pots or trays. There are obviously many advantages to this. In particular one has much greater control over the growing medium with regard to its composition,…

Foxglove 'Illumination Pink' - 25,000 sold in 1 week

In the few days since Foxglove 'Illumination Pink' won the 'Plant of the Year 2012' award at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, Thompson and Morgan has sold a staggering 25,000 plants of this spectacular new variety

Autumn Planting Bulbs

Every garden needs spring bulbs - plant them in the autumn when the soil is moist and as soon as the days start to lengthen they'll send up their shoots bringing a dazzling array of colour to your garden.

Dandelions | Weed Control

This page provides advice on the best way to get rid of dandelions in your lawn. Dandelions are hard to kill as they have a deep taproot and self-seed prolifically.

Blackcurrant buns recipe

View our fabulous recipe for blackcurrant buns.

Facebook questions Nov 12th

horticultural questions and answers 12th Nov - topics include: Overwintering begonias, Apple scab, Apple pollination, Pruning laburnum trees, Mildew on hardy geraniums.

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.

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.

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.