After 10 years of limited availability and drastically reduced popularity, busy Lizzies have seen something of a renaissance in the last couple of seasons but now it seems that .....

The fuchsias should be looking at their best in the summer, but look a little closer and you may want to know what's eating the scalloped patterns in the .....

One of the delights of daylilies is the abundance of flowers that they produce in summer, but what's the reason why some of the buds don't open? The problem .....

Certain seasons produce a preponderance of particular pests and this summer certainly seems to be the one for blackfly and aphids. On a recent trip to the Weald & .....

In both spring and summer you may find the tell-tale signs of virus in the form of yellow streaks on the leaves of plants. A gardening friend recently contacted .....

While many of the summer weeds that pop up in the garden can be dealt with using a hoe or by hand weeding, bindweed is usually not so easy .....

Late spring and early summer are the time when I get asked why the leaves have fallen from Photinia 'Red Robin'. And after dry weather, it seems that these .....

Spring warmth and moisture invariably encourage a rash of seedlings and shoots to appear in borders but it can be difficult to identify what you consider to be a .....

While many gardeners struggle to find plants that will cope with shade in its many forms, I relish the opportunities that it brings to grow species and varieties that .....

As the lawn recovers after the winter months, a number of 'weed' species including daisies make their presence felt. Despite their cheerful faces, common daisies in the grass are .....