Container gardening is a quick and easy way to grow plants and flowers, but it’s also a great option for growing fruit, vegetables and herbs. You can even grow trees if you have large enough pots! Ideal for courtyards, balconies, rental properties and gardens without soil, containers are easy to move around and allow you to overwinter tender plants more easily. Whether you want to add a few colourful pots to your patio or create an entire garden in containers, we’ve got you covered.  Browse our full range of planters, pots and containers for ideas. What type of garden container should you ..read more

Evergreens are ideal for anyone looking to create all year-round interest and structure in their garden. Lush and low-maintenance, these hardy plants fill gaps in beds and borders, and can also be used to form dense evergreen hedges that provide a whole host of benefits for humans and wildlife alike. You could even unleash your artistic side with topiary! With so many varieties to choose from, we asked our favourite gardening bloggers for their top tips. Browse our full range of evergreen shrubs and trees for inspiration. Contents: Best expert advice on using evergreens for all year round str ..read more

You don’t need a dedicated vegetable patch or allotment to grow your own fresh fruit and veg. In fact, you don’t even need soil. With just a few grow bags, you can easily raise shallow-rooted crops like tomatoes, peppers and salad leaves on a sunny patio, deck or balcony. Here’s how to create your own mini veg garden with a couple of grow bags…  Order your Incredicrop® grow bags here for easy doorstep delivery. And when you’re ready to begin, browse our full range of vegetable plug plants. Which crops can you plant straight into grow bags? Tomato ‘F1 Sweet Million’ thrives in a grow bag o ..read more

The ‘Chelsea chop’ is a method of pruning herbaceous perennials to delay the start of their flowering period. A good way to keep your plants bushy and compact, it also helps to prevent them from galloping away and becoming tall and leggy. Its name comes from the fact that it’s usually done at the same time as the RHS Chelsea Flower Show (in late May or early June). We asked our horticultural team for advice on which plants are best suited to this treatment, and how to get the best results… Want to fill your beds and borders with easy colour? Browse our wide range of perennial plants now. The b ..read more

Vibrant, versatile and enormously varied, summer bedding plants are guaranteed to brighten up your garden. With just a bit of planning and care, they can instantly transform your beds, borders, pots and hanging baskets into a riot of colour that lasts long into autumn.  Here, we’ve selected the best expert tips and tricks from our favourite gardening bloggers to help you get the gorgeous summer garden of your dreams! Contents:  Best advice on which bedding plants to choose Best advice on using bedding plants in beds and borders Best advice on using bedding plants in containers and h ..read more

To enter, simply click on the buttons below and follow the instructions. Increase your chances of winning by completing all of the entry methods. Suttons Flower Seeds Competition – May Thank you for entering and good luck!  To celebrate the launch of the Chelsea Flower Show this month, we’re giving away three bundles of Suttons flower seeds to sow in May! As we head into summer, you can even direct sow some of these flower seeds straight into their final position.  Winners will receive an email from blog@suttons.co.uk just after the closing date. In the meantime, learn more about the ..read more

At Suttons, our perennial plants are sold in a number of ways. You can choose from plug plants, jumbo plug plants, 9cm plants, 1 litre plants, 2 litre plants and sometimes even 3 litre plants. The smaller plugs will need potting on, while the larger, garden-ready container perennials can be planted out as soon as you like. Here’s how to get the most from your perennial plants.  Browse our full range of perennial plants to find traditional favourites and exciting new varieties. How to get the best from perennial plug plants Cheaper than garden-ready plants in containers and much faster tha ..read more

Perennial plants are a fantastic way to fill your border with colour and interest. Returning year after year, they’re also a cost-effective addition to your planting scheme. If you’re working to a tight budget, lots of perennial flowers can be grown from seed. But if you want to save time, plug plants offer excellent value for money and give your border a real head start. Here are our top tips to help you create a finance-friendly perennial border.  Browse our full range of perennial border plants for inspiration. How to plan a perennial border Divide your border into three sections and b ..read more

The average garden is home to approximately 20,000 slugs, although only about 5% of these are above ground at any one time. While these “decomposers” do a great job of tidying up waste and debris in our gardens, unfortunately they also munch their way through the healthy young plants, crops and flowers that we’d like to keep. If you want to deter slugs and snails, here’s a list of plants that these slimy pests leave alone.  In the meantime, take a look at our full range of pest control methods including organic options. Natural methods for dealing with slugs and snails Slug and snail coll ..read more

With so many of our native birds, insects and mammals in decline due to habitat loss, creating wildlife-friendly spaces has never been more important. To help you welcome wildlife to your garden, we asked our favourite bloggers to share their top tips. From ‘rewilding’ large spaces to redesigning a border or choosing the best plants for balconies, there’s something for everyone here.  Browse our seeds for bees and butterflies and visit our collection ofplants for wildlife for inspiration. Contents: How to plan a wildlife-friendly garden  Best flowers for wildlife Best climbers and s ..read more