September – Plant of the Month

pink prickly dahlias

Summer may be over, but there are still plenty of plants and shrubs to give you colour in the garden. Annual bedding plants are still going strong, even if you did not get around to dead-heading them. Roses are still flowering and dahlias are still going strong. I only started to grow dahlias … [Read more...]

Growing Heather Plants – The Secret

heathers

Heather plants are another very easy to grow plant as long as you have the right soil. Heather grows naturally on sandstone plateaus like the North Yorkshire Moors where the soil is acidic and very low in nutrients. If you have acidic soil then heathers can make up for a lot of the things you … [Read more...]