RHS Flower Shows are filled with amazing garden designs, gorgeous floral displays and exclusive shopping. With something for ...

What are oak gall wasps? Oaks, especially the native species Quercus robur and Q. petraea are the host plants for more than 70 species of cynipid gall wasp. It is the larval stage of these insects ...

Malvern Autumn Show celebrates the best of the harvest with fruit & veg competitions, awards for vintage dress, cake bakes ...

More than four fifths of the UK population live in urban areas, often with limited access to nature. With this in mind, ensuring that domestic and shared gardens are created and maintained in new ...

Ever wanted to dive into the world of fungi? Whether you are an enthusiast or just curious and don’t know where to start, all you need is a little guidance. No book contains every fungal species out ...

These are fleshy, rounded, underground storage organs, usually sold and planted while dormant. Examples include daffodils, tulips, hyacinths, lilies, onions and garlic. The term is often used to cover ...

A strong-growing, climbing rose about 3.5m tall, with dense, dark green, glossy foliage, and large, fragrant, fully double blooms with ruffled petals, in colour tones of honey and champagne, tinged ...

Iconic and romantic, our native foxgloves are instantly recognisable – their spires of purple bells adorning woodland clearings and cottage gardens. And now, with new hybrids and different species ...

A perennial to 25cm in height, forming extensive colonies. Erect racemes of nodding, bell-shaped, fragrant white flowers arise with the paired, elliptic leaves ...

Lettuces are quick and easy to grow, and come in many colours, flavours and textures – your salads need never be boring! Choose from large hearting lettuces to loose-leaf types and salad-leaf mixes ...

A rhizomatous perennial to 90cm tall, with clumps of dark green spoon-shaped basal leaves to 10cm long and shorter stem leaves. Solitary white, daisy-like flowerheads with yellow disk florets, are ...

Pear rust is a disease caused by the fungus Gymnosporangium sabinae, which causes bright orange spots on the upper surfaces of pear leaves in summer and early autumn. This fungus attacks both pears ...