6 Best Wooden Garden Storage Sheds Review Do you sometimes bemoan the fact that you don’t have enough outside storage? Are you constantly trying to find garden tools and equipment because you don’t have the one dedicated shed? Is your other half or family members grumbling that you fill the garage up with gardening things? If you have answered yes to any of these questions then you need to read 6 Best Wooden Garden Storage Sheds Review to find the ideal garden shed for all your gardening tools and accessories. Garden storage sheds are essential if you want to keep everything to hand and they o ..read more

  The Best Cordless Electric Secateurs Review I have reviewed some of what I think are the best cordless electric secateurs. These handy, easy to use secateurs are a valuable piece of gardening equipment. We all like to do the things that we enjoy for as long as we are able. I find that people who are keen gardeners, whether they garden for pleasure or for their work, are always more than mentally willing and able to get out in their gardens and enjoy them to the full. Gardening, however, can be physically demanding and the hard work can and will take its toll on our joints and muscles. S ..read more

  15 Trees And Shrubs For Colour In The Winter Garden Here are my favourite 15 trees and shrubs for colour in the winter garden. Trees and shrubs chosen for their winter interest play a large part in gardens, they come into their own when summer shrubs are finishing and the autumn glow from deciduous trees is beginning to pale.  Evergreen trees and shrubs planted alongside bright coloured winter foliage serve to provide much-needed interest. Not only do winter trees look good they also provide essential food for wildlife in the form of berries, nuts, seeds and cones and shelter too ..read more

Best Plants For Autumn Colour Autumn is a glorious season for a blaze of colour and evocative fragrance. Here is my choice of best plants for autumn colour that you can include in your own garden. Whether you have a large or small garden there is something here that will grow easily and reward you with hues and tones that you can relate to autumn, they will entice you out into your outdoor space to enjoy them. Autumn is a time of abundance, trees glow in their autumnal copper, bronze, red, pink and golds. Berries shiny and glistening are in all shades of brilliant reds, purples and black ..read more

  What Jobs To Do In The Garden In August It is the last of our summer months and you may be thinking about what jobs to do in the garden in August. Schools are out, holidays are close and you have lots on your plate but you need to do some basic garden maintenance too, to keep everything ticking along nicely. Hopefully you will find time to relax and enjoy your outdoor space as well. If you are going away on holiday then please check my article on Essential Garden Tasks Before You Go On Holiday for tips on how to keep your garden in great shape whilst you are away.   What Jobs ..read more

  What Jobs To Do In the Garden In July Mid Summer already, and the borders this month are looking a treat, here at PlantsBulbsSeeds we’re thinking and planning what jobs to do in the garden in July. Hopefully all your gardens are looking and performing exactly how you wish them to. Your beds and borders are a riot of colour, oranges and golds are aflame, multi-hued lilies and dahlias are on their way. Roses are clambering and rambling everywhere. Clematis scramble over arches, trellis and walls. Wisteria blooms are done but their lush green still adds height and a certain old fashio ..read more

What Jobs To Do In The Garden In June   Summer has arrived, the days are longer, warmer, brighter. Lots of beautiful perennial plants are coming into bloom, gardens are becoming a riot of life and bold colour. The grass is growing several inches per day it seems. People are asking me What Jobs To In The Garden in June At this time of year there are always numerous  jobs that we need to stay on top of in order to keep our gardens looking great. June is an extremely busy and productive time for gardeners. Our time spent sowing, growing, potting on and planting in previous months i ..read more

Biennial Plants To Sow Now For A Summer Of Colour First of all what are Biennial plants? For those of you who are wondering, they are plants which have a two-year life cycle. We can grow them easily from seed. There are many Biennial Plants to sow now for a summer of colour. During their first year, they concentrate their energy into growing only the roots, stems and leaves. They require a cold period and therefore go into dormancy during the winter months. The following year in spring and summer is when they put on their fantastic show, they come into flower or fruit, produce seeds and t ..read more

  Full Sun Perennials That Bloom All Summer What I love about this time of year is the anticipation of seeing all the glorious, full sun perennials that bloom all summer, affording us sumptuous garden displays. Winter seems such a long time ago and the lovely summer months are ahead of us. Most of the spring flowers have gone over. Spring bulbs are spent and taking a well-earned rest. It is now the turn of the full sun perennials that bloom all summer. And what a show they put on for us. Full Sun Perennials That Bloom All Summer – The Pick Of  The Bunch From tall spires of Delphinium ..read more

  What Jobs To Do In The Garden In May   “Cherry pink and Apple Blossom white” As April comes to a close, we enter what is possibly one of our prettiest months. Read What Jobs To  Do In The Garden In May to find out which tasks should be done this month. The first of May in the UK and most of the West is known as May Day and marks the end of cold winter. Hopefully we will have seen the last of the frosts but the weather can still be sneaky and catch us out. An old saying my Grandma used was – “cast not a clout, till May is out”. For centuries May has been celebrated as the ..read more