Growing Guides and Planting Instructions
How to Grow Fruit and Veg
Growing your own fruit and veg is easy and great fun for all ages. The results are far tastier and more nutritious than you can get from the supermarket - as well as being cheaper! Every season we use our years of experience to put together a comprehensive range of the best varieties offering the widest possible set of options.
For beginners and experienced gardeners
Making a start with your vegetable patch can be daunting, which is why we’ve put together growing guides for each vegetable and fruit to provide you with instant know-how. Each guide provides the basics - step by step instructions to guide beginners through propagation, planting out and harvesting - as well as giving handy tips and plant facts to help more experienced gardeners get the best out of their plants.
Information on when to plant, when to harvest and different soil types will also help you to plan out your fruit and veg garden, choosing which combination of varieties to go for and whether to start with a packet of seeds or save on time and plant out plugs. Remember that creating a traditional vegetable patch or allotment is not the only option - our guides also give information on suitability for container and patio growing.
It's time to get started!
So with our plants and expert know-how, you can look forward to a summer long harvest of crops with our kitchen garden range, all easy to grow and above all tasty!
How to Grow Ornamental Plants
Designing and creating your own flower garden is much easier than you might think – and it’s also supremely satisfying to see the colours and blooms as they come through. We use our years of experience to select the best varieties of flowers and other ornamental plants each season.
Just starting out, or looking for new ideas?
The number of varieties available can be overwhelming, and so we’ve created these growing guides and plant profiles. Information on planting and flowering times will help in the planning of a year-round display, while practical details on planting out help you get started. Each guide gives you a profile of a particular plant with all this information, as well as a short history of the variety. Each guide is also full of extra tips and ideas to help you get the most from your garden.
There’s a huge range of possibilities - plant out a bedding display, an edge for your lawn, a hanging basket or a range of flowers especially to cut and arrange indoors. Whether you have a window box, a patio or an extensive garden with a multitude of beds, ornamental gardening can create a real sense of pride and expectation, colouring the seasons with style and definition.
Get Gardening!
With a range of specially chosen plants and bulbs, there will always be something happening in your garden at every time of the year – from flowers peeping through in the early spring through to blazing colour in the summer, followed by cool season ornamentals through into the winter.
