Suitable for: Apples, pears and other top fruit and soft fruit. Dormancy refers to a period of inactivity in plants, during which they slow down or stop their growth, conserving energy and resources.

Suitable for Seeds that are best sown early, especially vegetables. Gardeners on clay soils find this technique particularly useful to get a head start in spring Vegetables in particular benefit from ...

Salad radishes are quick and easy to grow from seed, ready to eat in as little as four weeks. These compact plants can be grown in even the smallest of spaces and are great gap-fillers on the veg plot ...

Fan-trained almonds, apples, cherries, figs, gooseberries, peaches, nectarines, apricots, pears, plums and redcurrants need to be pruned annually. Fans are commonly used for stone fruits (eg. cherries ...

Palm trees are grown for their dramatic fan-shaped leaves, although some may also flower and possibly even produce fruit. Other exotic trees may put on colourful flower displays and have lush, ...

Mizuna and mibuna are Japanese greens with a mildly spicy flavour, for eating raw or lightly cooked. The plants take up little space and are ideal in containers as well as in the ground. Sow ...

Jerusalem artichokes are easy to grow and need little maintenance. They are tall plants that produce a prolific crop of underground Tubers are swollen, usually underground, parts of a stem or root ...