Perennials - RHS Gardening
WEBThe Royal Horticultural Society is the UK’s leading gardening charity. We aim to enrich everyone’s life through plants, and make the UK a greener and more beautiful place. Learn all about perennials - choose the best ones to grow, where to buy, where to plant and care advice from RHS experts.
Dahlia - RHS Gardening
WEBDahlia. With a wide choice of flower shapes and colours, dahlias are unrivalled for giving a showy display from summer into autumn. You can combine them with other late-flowering plants like salvias and grasses to boost late-season borders, add dwarf cultivars for colour in summer containers or grow them in rows to give lots of cut flowers for your home.
Shrubs - RHS Gardening
WEBShrubs are the backbone of any garden, offering long-term structure and beauty across the seasons. There’s a shrub to suit every situation and style, whether you want year-round interest or a big seasonal splash, a tall, dense screen or low ground cover. As well as flowers, many shrubs offer attractive foliage, colourful stems and vibrant fruits.
Daffodils (Narcissus) / RHS
WEBDaffodils. Botanical name: Narcissus. Daffodils are one of the most popular and cheery heralds of spring. Planted in September, they spend several months developing roots before the flowers burst forth, usually between February and May. Ideal in containers, borders and lawns, they'll suit almost any garden style and situation.
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How to grow roses - RHS Gardening
WEBUse a general-purpose liquid fertiliser until flower buds form, to encourage healthy growth. Once flowering starts, change to a high-potash fertiliser, such as tomato feed, for more flowers. Roses produce some roots near the soil surface, so avoid damaging these by hand-weeding rather than using a hoe.
Lavender (Lavandula) / RHS
WEBLavender are popular, aromatic, drought-tolerant garden plants. They are easy to grow and associate well with other shrubs, perennial plants and roses. Long-lived and hardy border plants include cultivars of the English lavender (Lavandula angustifolia and L. × intermedia). Other lavenders, including French lavender (Lavandula stoechas), are ...
How to grow pittosporum - RHS Gardening
WEBCollect the sticky seeds when the capsules split open. Sow the seeds in pots or trays of seed compost and keep at 12–15°C (54–59˚F) Germination will be slow – around two months or more – so be patient. The resulting plants may not be exactly like the parents, particularly with variegated and coloured-leaved cultivars.
Pyracantha (Firethorn) / RHS
WEBPyracantha. Common name: Firethorn Pyracantha is a pretty shrub with attractive flowers and magnificent red, yellow or orange berries in autumn and winter.It is often trained against a wall or fence. It also makes an excellent evergreen hedge.
How to grow ornamental grasses - RHS Gardening
WEBPlant in autumn or spring, depending on the type. Cut back deciduous types in late winter to spring. They need very little ongoing care. Make new plants by dividing clumps or sowing seeds. Most like a sunny, open site, but there are grasses to suit most locations.