and they are covered with a waxy coating to keep cold out and water in. The best way to have a garden that can breeze through bitter cold spells is to choose plants that are truly hardy enough for ...

Is your peace lily looking a little sad? You might unknowingly be doing one thing that could easily lead to dead, brown ...

A garden centre will supply plants for three gardens at the RHS Chelsea ... and explores how shelter, water, and food are instrumental to birds’ lives. The garden is created in partnership with the UK ...

Add a pop of colour to your garden by planting some tall elegant delphiniums. "This plant will thrive when planted in a greenhouse in February," says Mr White. "You can plant in pots or seed trays, ...

Growing readily from good-sized bulbs planted in autumn or spring, lilies are hardy and perennial, making a glorious show in big pots or in borders. Flowering stem height varies from as little as 30cm ...

One gardening guru has imparted his wisdom on which plants to sow and nurture this ... some early varieties of vegetables in the soil, and hardy vegetables such as cauliflower particularly thrive ...

In this week’s poem, Myronn Hardy limns a winter of the skies and ... Morrison Baldwin collapsed on the gray sofa. The lilies’ stems are teal tentacles. Snow swirls slaps the ...

Hardy cyclamen grows from small, roundish, flattened tubers, which should be planted about an inch deep in the fall. Do not choose a spot that receives regular irrigation or that has standing water ...