One of the garden’s most iconic trees toppled during the high winds of Storm Darragh but the fallen tree won’t go to waste ...

There is always a sense of excitement and anticipation for the year ahead when Pantone announces its colour of the year.

mgr Changing Tides Garden is a coastal garden that celebrates the resilient plants that have adapted to the harsh conditions found along the strandline (the shoreline above the water), of the UK’s ...

Plants don’t have lungs to inhale and exhale the air that blows around them, but they do, in their own way, ‘breathe’ in and out oxygen and carbon dioxide. Here you can discover how plants carry out ...

Wind-swept Pinus sylvestris and Pinus mugo trees symbolise resilience in the face of Stroke trauma. Their anthropomorphic shapes offer a comforting alternative structure to the built environment of ...

When the nights draw in and days shorten, it’s tempting to pack up the garden, light the fire and settle in for the winter ...

Extensive data analysis from RHS trials of peat-free and peat-reduced growing media across multiple nurseries, plant groups and growing seasons has shown that peat-free blends do not necessarily need ...

Two landmark reports released by the Environmental Horticulture Group (EHG) and Oxford Economics show the environmental horticulture sector contributed £38 billion to the UK economy and supported over ...

Avoid pruning plums in winter, as it increases the risk of infection by silver leaf disease to which plums and other Prunus species are prone. The best time for pruning is usually spring for young ...

Dutch Group are bushy, rounded, evergreen shrubs to ahout 75cm with narrow, aromatic, grey-green leaves and short, dense spikes of small, scented, dark lavender blue flowers on fine, upright stems in ...

The Royal Horticultural Society is the UK’s leading gardening charity. We aim to enrich everyone’s life through plants, and make the UK a greener and more beautiful place.

A tall perennial to 100cm in flower, with rough, oval-shaped basal leaves and stiff, hairy stems bearing smaller, clasping leaves. Densely-packed, domed clusters of rose pink, cross-shaped flowers ...