Before repotting plants, experts recommend cleaning your plastic or ceramic pots to minimize pests and pathogens. Diseases can get passed on in the soil which can affect your new or repotted plants ...

If you love pretty houseplants you’ll want to grow Alpine Schefflera. It’s not terribly fussy and is a graceful addition to ...

The winter is the quietest time for any gardener, but it doesn’t need to be a period of total dormancy. There are many plants ...

NEW Year is a  wonderful time for gardeners. Full of hopes and dreams for our outside spaces – nothing will come between us and a perfectly planned garden (until weather, other ...

The cold wind is blowing and winter is here, but I want to grow vegetables. Indoor winter gardening in containers provides an opportunity to grow several types of vegetables during ...

Feeding your cotton plant ensures it gets all the essential nutrients it needs to thrive. Apply a balanced liquid fertilizer ...

Some plants give us luck and happiness while others spell doom and despair. Here is the Feng Shui lucky and unlucky plants ...

Although it is possible to plant bulbs in winter if the ground isn't frozen, spring flowering bulbs are best planted in ...

In the right conditions, many indoor plants will bloom year after year, filling the house with colour. Hazel Sillver looks at ...

Larger flowering bulbs like tulips, daffodils, hyacinths and alliums will put on quite a display in your home or in a window box or container. Add some smaller bulbs like crocus, squills and grape ...

“Cacti and succulents are ideal low-maintenance houseplants for winter because they can store water in their leaves, allowing ...

The primary limiting factor for a winter herb garden is light. Herbs grown inside will need plenty of sunlight from a south- ...