Advice & Inspiration
SPOTLIGHT THIS MONTH
Training Fruit Trees: A Complete Guide
Learn how to train your fruit tree with our extensive guide covering cordons, espalier, fan training and other forms!
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SPOTLIGHT THIS MONTH
From Plot to Plate: Fruit Recipes from Chef Jess Rose Young
Roots chef, Jess Rose Young, recently whipped up some delicious recipes featuring fruit you can grow at home, including blueberries, raspberries, blackberries and figs!
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SPOTLIGHT THIS MONTH
Rare Apple Varieties: UK’s Best Heritage Apples
Forget supermarket varieties and join the rare apple boom by discovering long forgotten gems that you can grow at home.
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Guides to Grow Like a Pro
Growing Kiwi Fruits in the UK
If you want to turbocharge your smoothies this year, read on and we’ll tell you everything you need to know about growing kiwi plants!
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How to Plant a Hedge
We asked our growers to share their knowledge and distilled it into this easy hedgerow planting guide. Follow these steps and you can’t go wrong!
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How to Grow Blueberries in the UK
Our fruit expert John recommends blueberries as the best fruit to grow in pots - as long as you give them acidic soil and lots of sun, you really can’t fail.
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Growing Lavender: Complete UK Guide
If you’re adding some new lavenders to your garden this year, help them grow into their best selves with this complete lavender grow guide.
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GROWING FOOD
Best Apple Varieties: Which Variety Should You Choose?
We asked our apple tree growers for their advice (after all, they should know) and here’s what they told us about the best apple varieties for every need, want and situation.
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GROWING FOOD
Growing Figs: A Beginner’s Guide
Fig trees are surprisingly well suited to growing in the UK, perfect for pots and have attractive, scented foliage - not to mention the sweet, soft fruits.
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GROWING FOOD
Growing Blackcurrants, Redcurrants and Whitecurrants
Currants are some of the easiest fruit plants you can grow! Read on for all you need to know about growing blackcurrants, redcurrants and whitecurrants.
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Get Inspired
Winter Hanging Baskets: Ideas, Plants & Tips
With a little help from our growers, I’ve put together some winter hanging basket ideas to brighten your garden all through the colder, gloomier months.
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Rental Garden Ideas
With a bit of creativity and this handy rental garden guide, there are lots of ways to get your dream garden, even if it’s not attached to your dream house…
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Training Wisteria: The Complete Guide
When it comes to training your wisteria, with just a bit of care and attention, you can ensure your plant's health and longevity, and help it to grow the way you want it to for many, many years. So, without further ado…
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Prairie Gardens: Design & Planting Guide
We’ve put together a comprehensive guide on prairie planting so that you can bring a little bit of the Midwest to your very own back garden!
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SUSTAINABILITY
How to Recycle Plant Pots (And Everything Else!)
We know from your reviews and messages that recycling and reuse is important to our customers, so together with the growers, we’ve produced this guide to reducing plant packaging waste at home.
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SUSTAINABILITY
Self Seeding Plants
If you’re pressed for time, want to save money, you’ve got gaps in your borders or just love an informal garden style, self seeding plants could be the answer.
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