Give good heat, water, hygiene and airflow to get them through to spring

Work your way through your borders, removing dandelion flowerheads before they get the chance to set seed. Flowers of dandelions are a useful source of early nectar for pollinators but if they are abl

Give flowering house plants a general house-plant feed every two weeks throughout spring, then switch to a weekly high-potash house-plant food as flower buds develop. Orchids don’t like heavy doses of

Add support to peonies that have, large, heavy flowers such as ‘Sarah Bernhardt’ and ‘Duchesse de Nemours’. Special tapered, cone-shaped supports for peonies are available and can be simply pushed int

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