New results from RHS trials in commercial settings reveal that peat-free growing media often retain water better than those ...

Two reports were launched in parliament this week, on how environmental horticulture contributes to the UK economy ...

92-year-old Rachel McHug thinks of RHS Harlow Carr as her own garden after 35 years of volunteering ...

Get onto their Christmas ‘nice list’ with sustainable treats from your garden ...

It’s super easy, reaps a range of rewards, and is soaring in popularity. Is this the composting technique where everyone wins ...

Trees are brilliant at drawing down carbon from the atmosphere. If all 30 million UK gardeners planted a medium-sized tree in their community, school, workplace or garden and nurtured it to maturity, ...

The garden is designed to be a relatable, enjoyable and beautiful space, and to help reduce flood risk and to recover quickly after periods of heavy rainfall. Dense planting slows the flow, while ...

What do butterbur and winter heliotrope look like? Distinguishing between butterbur and winter heliotrope isn’t essential as both can be grown as pollinator-friendly ground cover plants. They can, ...

Rosa can be deciduous or semi-evergreen shrubs or scrambling climbers, with usually thorny stems bearing compound pinnate leaves and solitary or clustered flowers. Flowers may be followed by showy red ...

Lactuca can be annuals, biennials, perennials or shrubs, with alternate leaves, milky white sap and daisy-like flowers in white, yellow or blue. The genus includes a wide range of wild plants, as well ...

The Royal Horticultural Society is the UK’s leading gardening charity. We aim to enrich everyone’s life through plants, and make the UK a greener and more beautiful place.

Narcissus are bulbous herbaceous perennials with linear leaves and leafless stems bearing flowers, which may be solitary or in umbels, with 6 spreading perianth segments and a cup or trumpet-shaped ...