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How To Grow Blueberries

Growing blueberries is really easy and can produce great results. Blueberry plants and bushes prefer an acid soil in a nice sunny or semi shaded position.

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.

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.

In warm, sunny areas petunias are amongst the most showy and reliable summer bedding plants. Graham Rice explains how to grow them from seed and chooses the best varieties for ideal and less than ideal conditions...

What to do in the garden in September

Prune climbing and rambling roses. Keep feeding and deadheading hanging baskets to prolong the flowering period. Harvest maincrop potatoes. Read more here€¦

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.

Brown Rot | Garden Pests and Diseases | Gardening Tips

Brown rot is a fungus that affects fruit and ornamental trees. Here's how you can prevent it, and treat it if it's affected your own garden.

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How To Prune a Clematis

Clematis plants are often classified according to their pruning requirements. Read our 'how to' guide to find out the correct time for pruning clematis.

How to Grow Hydrangeas

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

Gardening Glossary - Glossary of Gardening Terms

View Thompson and Morgan's glossary of gardening terms and take the jargon out of gardening.

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,…

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.

Growing Hardy Geraniums from Seed

Find out how to grow hardy geraniums from seed. Hardy Geraniums are rapidly increasing in popularity as trouble-free garden plants.

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.

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€¦

Silver Leaf Fungus | Garden Pests and Diseases | Gardening Tips

Silvery leaves can be a symptom of a fungal infection. Read our article for help on how to identify, treat and prevent silver leaf fungus.

Your Seed Sowing Calendar | Best times to sow seeds

Learn which flower, fruit and vegetable seeds you can sow and grow throughout the year. Get our guidance on which seeds to sow now.

Sowing and growing sweet peas video

Watch our video to learn how to sow your sweet pea seeds and how to grow your sweet peas from plug plants.

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€¦

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…

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.

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.

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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.

Fungal Disease | Garden Pests and Diseases | Gardening Tips

There are many types of fungal disease that affect plants. The experts at TandM have put together tips for identfication, treatment and prevention for you here!

New Summer to Autumn plant range

New varieties featuring in the Thompson and Morgan Summer range of plants for 2016. Featuring: Meconopsis, Clematis, Hydrangea, Cornus, Lavender and Camellia.

How to grow Hyacinths

These popular spring bulbs produce showy and highly fragrant flowers on neat compact stems. Ideal for growing in containers, window boxes or garden borders, try growing hyacinth bulbs indoors too for fragrant Christmas gifts or simply to brighten up your own home!

The Millennium Seed Bank

Kew's Millennium Seed Bank partnership is the largest ex-situ plant conservation project in the world. Thompson and Morgan works in partnership with Kew offering the Kew Collection of Flowers, Kew Kids and the Urban Garden Collection. A royalty is paid to Kew from the sale of every packet in this range.

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