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How to prune ribes sanguineum / flowering currant

Here’s how to prune your Ribes to keep it strong, healthy and smothered in blossom, year after year.. Prune in early summer after flowering.

Recipes | Broad Bean and Mint Salad

Use up your glut of broad beans to make this fresh, summery salad! Clare says "I have lots of braod beans this year which is great. I always freeze them and they freeze really nicely."

Top-rated new veg by Gardeners' World experts

Thompson and Morgan was delighted to read that Gardeners' World experts had given top marks to new vegetable seeds...

Blackcurrant buns recipe

View our fabulous recipe for blackcurrant buns.

Yellowing Clematis Leaves | Pests and Diseases | Gardening Information

This page provides advice on yellowing clematis leaves in your garden. It is normal for plants to shed leaves as they age, particularly those at the base of the plant that are starved of light...

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

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 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.

Camelias | Pruning

This page provides advice on how to prune camelias. March is the time to prune your Camellia, as soon as the flowers fade. Remove any dead growth first, and then trim each stem back to a healthy outward facing bud to shape the plant and remove the faded blooms. Reduce the long stems at the top of…

Plants for Sunny and Dry Borders | Plants for a Purpose

Learn which are the best plants for sunny and dry borders. Sunny gardens are ideal for lots of plants but not-so for others. Read TandM’s guide covering annuals to edibles.

Tokely's Tales Gardening Blog - May 2012 - RHS Chelsea Flower Show

I have lost count of how many times I have visited the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, but one thing is guaranteed - I always see a few gardens and new plants or ideas that inspire me in my own garden. Read Andrew Tokely's gardening blog here

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Four Favourite Varieties | Gardening for Beginners

4 unmissable favourites for the complete gardening novice. The Thompson and Morgan Gardening for beginners range features 4 products to get any beginner gardener started. First time gardeners can quickly fill gardens with colour, flowers and vegetables with these tried and tested varieties.

Michael Perry's Gardening Blog April 2012 - Easy Exotics

In the latest edition of his gardening blog, Michael Perry explains how easy it is to grow exotic-looking plants...and impress your neighbours!

How to grow Runner Beans

Learn how to grow Runner Beans. TandM’s guide shows how easy it is to produce huge crops from your own garden.

Belstead Allotments - How we got a composting toilet for our site

Mrs Christine Simpson from Belstead Allotments in Ipswich explains why she wanted a composting toilet for the site and how she went about it.

Hypericum | St John's Wort | Pruning | Gardening Information

This page provides advice on when and how to prune a hypericum. Pruning a St John's Wort (Hypericum) can vary depending on the species you're growing.

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.

Growing garlic in containers video

Learn how to grow garlic in containers with our video tutorial. Garlic can happily grow in a bags or container, and is perfect for beginner gardeners.

How to Grow Sunflowers Video

A great way to involve children in gardening - learn how to grow sunflowers in this video.

Flowers | How To Gardening Guides and Tips

From plants to bulbs and shrubs, there's a flowering plant for every taste and preference. View our Flower 'How To' guides to learn how to grow some of your favourite flower plants.

How to grow fuchsias

Fuchsias are versatile and easy to grow in any garden. Read on to learn how to grow fuchsias, and buy some fuchsia plants online today.

Tokely's Tales Gardening Blog - December 2011

The allotment has already been dug over, the shed tidied and the greenhouse checked ready for the new season. Now time to lift veg for Christmas dinner.

Hedge Planting Guide

How do you choose between buying potted hedge plants and bare root hedging? Hedges provide a living boundary, screens from neighbours or the road. Factors to consider when buying hedge plants include speed of growth, budget, size required.

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,…

Kew Seed Collection

We've joined forces with the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew to select two collections of seeds for gardeners. View The Kew and Urban Garden Collection ranges.

How to redeem your promotional code

Find out how to redeem your promotional, catalogue or newspaper code on the Thompson and Morgan website.

Advice on selecting the ideal hedge plants

Hedges provide a myriad of uses in the garden from the traditional front hedge which screens your home from the road to a formal hedge clipped into sharp lines or a wildlife friendly native hedgerow. This guide will help you choose which hedging plants you need.

How to plant a hardy perennial border

Growing hardy perennials in an herbaceous border is simple and rewarding. Follow our 5 step guide to success!

Sowing and Germinating Sweet Peas

The criterion for the germinating of a sweet pea is similar to any other dormant seed, it needs moisture and warmth to stir it into life, it then goes on to form a seedling followed by a fully grown plant which will eventually flower. The average gardener will probably sow a packet of mixed sweet…

Not Just Hedging

Hedging perfect for boundaries, but it is so much more than that. Our not just hedging article explains where hedging can be used to add beauty to your garden

How to Grow Oca (New Zealand Yams)

Known as the New Zealand Yam, Oca is an unusual member of the Oxalis family that has long been grown in the Andes for its nutritionally rich tubers with a tangy lemon flavour that becomes nuttier once cooked.

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 Grow Bulbs Video

Bulbs are a reliable and easy source of colour in the garden - find out how to plant bulbs in this handy video guide.

Hanging Baskets from Seed

Hanging baskets add a whole new dimension to gardening. Find out how to plant hanging baskets in our gardening guide.

How To Gardening Guides and Tips

Read about planting, pruning, harvesting and more with our 'How To' garden guides. Learn how to grow flowers, vegetables, fruit and more.