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Paste Button labelSelf Pollinating Apple Trees? Your Guide to Apple Pollination Groups
Grafted Vegetable Plants: Are They Worth It?
Rowan Berry: A Bird’s Favourite Food?
The Best Privacy Plants to Screen Your Neighbours
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View allGrowing Chillies: UK Beginner's Guide
Growing Sweet Potatoes: UK Beginner’s Guide
How To Train a Fruit Tree
Cherry Blossom Season: Japan’s Hanami Festival
When cherry blossoms bloom, you really know spring has arrived. Discover the origins of the hanami festival and how you can get involved in the UK. Read moreGet inspired
View allWildlife Pond Ideas, Plants and Tips to Attract Nature
Which is the Best Climbing Plant for Your Garden?
The Best Grapes to Grow in UK Gardens
Kitchen Garden Ideas for a Doorstep Harvest
Kitchen gardens use the available space to its best advantage and provide all the veg you need all year round. Here’s how to get started. Read moreGrowing your own food
View allGrowing Raspberries: A Beginner’s Guide
How to Store Plums and Use Up Your Crop
The Best Grapes to Grow in UK Gardens
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In the spotlight
Paste Button labelVegetable Planting Calendar UK (And When to Harvest)
Easy Vegetables to Grow: Our Top 10 Picks
Growing Vegetables in Pots for Beginners
Which is the Best Climbing Plant for Your Garden?
Planting Climbers: A Beginner’s Guide
The Easiest Fruit Trees to Grow in the UK
The Best Soft Fruit Plants (as Chosen by Our Growers)
Planting Fruit Bushes: The Complete Guide
How To Plant a Tree: Potted Trees and Bare Root
How to Choose the Perfect Tree
Best Pond Plants: Top 5 Plants to Bring Your Pond to Life
Planting Pond Plants: A Beginner’s Guide
Cottage Gardens: Design, Flowers & Layouts
10 Best Plants to Attract Bees to Your Garden
Planting Calendar UK: Month by Month
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Is Winter the Best Time to Plant Trees?
Planting trees in the dormant season is generally best, though not without its challenges, including frozen ground. Here's how to tackle them. -
Pruning Fig Trees: An Expert Guide
If you want to prune, it can help to maximise your fig crop, reduce the size of your tree or just keep it nicely shaped. Here’s how. -
GROWE Community Orchard - October Garden of the Month
GROWE is a thriving community garden next to the Rochdale Canal in Manchester, with its own organic fruit orchard - what better way to celebrate apple season? -
Garden Jargon Buster: Gardening Terminology Explained
I surveyed everyone at Roots HQ to find out which gardening terms used to mystify them (and still do if we’re honest), then asked our growers to explain. -
Autumn Leaves Come Early? Here’s Why
Yellow leaves on your new tree? It’s perfectly natural, but why does it happen? We asked our tree grower Josh to explain why it sometimes looks as if autumn has come early. -
Pruning Cherry Trees: Fruiting and Flowering
Need to prune your cherry tree? Here are tips straight from the growers to keep your fruiting and flowering cherries healthy. -
Storing Apples Picked at Home
Filling the freezer with ten batches of homemade apple sauce is all very well, but who has the time and space to do that? Here are some better ideas. -
Growing Figs: A Beginner’s Guide
Fig trees are surprisingly well suited to growing in the UK, perfect for pots and have attractive, scented foliage - not to mention the sweet, soft fruits. -
Planting Calendar UK: Month by Month
Find out when to plant your trees, shrubs, perennials and climbers for the best results - and the best deals. -
What to Do with Your Plant When It Arrives
To get your new arrivals off to the very best start, here’s what to expect and what to do as soon as that box of dreams lands on your doorstep. -
Premature Fruit Drop: Why Is Fruit Dropping Off My Tree?
In early summer, you may notice premature fruits dropping from your fruit tree. But it doesn't necessarily mean a great harvest (and crumble) is lost. -
What to Do If Your Plant Doesn’t Look Like You Expected
If you get your new plant and it’s not what you expected, what can you do?
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