Easy maintenance

Get these flowers in prime condition now for a super summer display

Here’s how to have fabulous, floriferous blooms all summer and autumn

Start deadheading the flowers in hanging baskets as soon as they fade. Snip them off at the base of the flower stem. This keeps them producing more flowers right through the summer, providing you reme

It took me a while to love roses as a plant. I had always admired the flowers in the kind of knee-jerk way that most of us love sunsets or the song of a blackbird, but I had no feeling for them as pla

Viburnums have deliciously scented flowers in spring, which add a pop of colour when many other plants are still slowly waking up. You’ll often see them in winter gardens and they take centre stage wh

Early-blooming shrubs need a good chop back now to give them time to rejuvenate over the summer months