Be ready to move half-hardy and tender plants such as pelargoniums, some salvias and fuchsias in October. They need to be cut back to around half their height and moved indoors, either into a ...

Now is the time to act, says one gardening expert, to elevate pots and containers before heavy showers 'suffocate roots' ...

Unlike many plants, hostas don’t need a lot of winter protection. In most zones, they don’t need frost covers or blankets, even during harsh winters. In fact, a season of frost and dormancy actually ...

As the vibrant colors of summer recede and you begin turning to that essential list of fall garden jobs, your hostas should be a top priority.While there is plenty of guidance available on planting ...

Pansies and violas are handy little bedding plants that are brilliant for adding instant colour to pots and planters. You can pick them up quite cheaply in garden centres right now, and they’ll often ...

“My rule of thumb is to divide a plant into three to five growth points,” says James, who uses two garden forks to gently lift the sections. Asters, mums, daisies, echinacea, black-eyed Susans, ...

Plants could be suffocated by heavy rain if gardeners don’t take precautions as one expert warned it’s not as harmless as some may believe ...