Kem Ormond is a features writer for The Country. She’s also a keen gardener. This week, she’s waiting patiently to see her grape vine burst into leaf. Table grapes are typically characterised by their ...

Ditch your summer bedding, which is likely to have gone over by now, replacing it with winter and spring displays of violas, ...

Pear trees produce juicy, sweet fruit, which can be enjoyed fresh, canned, or used in a wide array of recipes. To ensure your pear tree yields a bountiful harvest of high-quality fruit, proper pruning ...

The seasonal transition from summer to autumn is traditionally a busy time in any garden. Along with routine tasks such as watering plants, deadheading flowers, and harvesting fruits and vegetables, ...

11:29, Thu, Sep 4, 2025 Updated: 11:33, Thu, Sep 4, 2025 When it comes to gardening, you don't need to know everything about the plants you're growing, but it helps to understand the watering and ...

'Pruning helps increase the size of the flowers, as pruning offers the plant more energy for flower production,' says Steve from LeisureBench. 'They also naturally become tangled and overwhelmed, so ...

Just because the summer's at its end doesn't mean your gardening tasks are over too. One of the most important tasks that gardeners will have to keep up with in autumn is pruning. It refers to the ...

As any hydrangea owner knows, pruning is a key task that needs to be completed to produce thriving blooms the following year – however it’s crucial to do so at the right time. Hydrangeas are one of ...

While many of your garden's plants have been flourishing throughout the summer, the start of autumn means there's a lot of work to do. Many of your star plants will begin dying out over the coming ...

Pruning throughout the year is an essential gardening task as it can help encourage fresh growth and even a second round of blooms. The objective is to eliminate dead, diseased, and damaged branches ...

Most people think of pruning as a late winter or early spring chore, but cutting back some of your perennials in fall can have major benefits for the plant—and your garden. And as it turns out, you ...