Keep Christmas cactus plants (schlumbergera) at a steady temperature of 18-20ºC this month now that buds should have appeared and flowers are starting to open. This will encourage a good flowering dis

BRING A CHRISTMASSY TOUCH TO YOUR GARDEN WITH A SEASONAL DISPLAY TO CHEER UP WINTER DAYS

The days might be cold and grey but your outside space can still bring you joy – there are sturdy, vigorous plants that will fill it with beauty and heart-lifting colour…

Add a festive floral flourish!

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The flowers that grace the garden in autumn and winter tend to be modest, demure little things. Although the glamorous, fragrant blooms of Camellia sasanqua are not short on delicacy, low-key they are