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Evergreen trees. These trees carry leaves all year round and are a bold, permanent presence in a garden. They’re great for creating privacy and shelter, and cope in a range of soil types and …

With their colourful fruits, sweet peppers are a vibrant and attractive crop. Also known as bell peppers or pointed peppers, depending on the fruit shape, these tender plants are best grown …

Lurking among beautiful beds and borders lie toxic plants and flowers which pack a powerful punch. While even common garden flowers like foxgloves (Digitalis purpurea), oleander …

Compact houseplant, usually about 30cm (1ft) tall Glossy leaves and exotic flower-like ‘spathes’ in a choice of bright colours. Anthuriums like warmth, indirect light and humid air

What is bokashi? Bokashi originated in Korea where it was a traditional method used in agriculture, but it was popularised in Japan in the 1980s as a convenient way to recycle a wide …

bean (broad) bean (French) bean (runner) beetroot broccoli (calabrese) Brussels sprouts cabbage (spring) cabbage (summer) cabbage (winter) cabbage (Chinese)

Aster. Botanical name: Aster, Callistephus, Eurybia, Kalimeris, Symphyotrichum Common name: Michaelmas daisy, aster, China aster, New England asters Asters are popular plants, …

How to grow dracaena. Handsome, undemanding and well-suited to conditions in our homes, dracaenas are deservedly popular houseplants. With a fountain of narrow, glossy leaves at the …

Plants don’t have lungs to inhale and exhale the air that blows around them, but they do, in their own way, ‘breathe’ in and out oxygen and carbon dioxide. Here you can discover how plants …