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Growers' Talk
Inspiration and expert guides from Team Roots
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Self Pollinating Apple Trees? Your Guide to Apple Pollination Groups
Discover the basics of apple pollination, how it affects your choice of tree (spoiler: not as much as you’d think) and how to make it work to your advantage.
Grafted Vegetable Plants: Are They Worth It?
Grafted vegetable plants are growing in popularity with UK gardeners. But what are they, and is it worth buying them?
Rowan Berry: A Bird’s Favourite Food?
What’s so special about the berries of the rowan tree? Clever marketing? Addictive compounds? And if a rowan berry is so good, can we try it too?
The Best Privacy Plants to Screen Your Neighbours
Whichever side of the hot tub fence you’re on, privacy is a must. Here are the plants that can help.
Guides to grow like a pro
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Growing Chillies: UK Beginner's Guide
All you need to grow lots of hot chillies from seeds or plants, through nurturing and harvesting, before inviting your mates round for a game of chilli roulette.
Growing Sweet Potatoes: UK Beginner’s Guide
Thanks to new hardier varieties specially bred to thrive in the UK climate, you can now grow your own sweet potatoes. Here's how.
How To Train a Fruit Tree
Learn how to train your fruit tree with our extensive guide covering cordons, espalier, fan training and other forms!
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 more
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Wildlife Pond Ideas, Plants and Tips to Attract Nature
Get your wildlife pond design right and it can be the most important thing you will ever do for the natural environment. Here's how.
Which is the Best Climbing Plant for Your Garden?
Our specialists in Worcestershire grow the largest range of climbers in the UK and they’ve chosen the best options for all your vertical growing needs.
The Best Grapes to Grow in UK Gardens
We asked our growers for their recommendations - pick any of these and you’ll be laughing. While plucking fresh grapes straight from the vine.
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 more
Growing your own food
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Growing Raspberries: A Beginner’s Guide
We asked our soft fruit growers their top tips for growing raspberries and how to guarantee a successful crop right from the start.
How to Store Plums and Use Up Your Crop
Bumper harvest? Here are our top plum storing tips: freezing, drying, preserving and the best recipes.
The Best Grapes to Grow in UK Gardens
We asked our growers for their recommendations - pick any of these and you’ll be laughing. While plucking fresh grapes straight from the vine.
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Vegetable Planting Calendar UK (And When to Harvest)
This handy vegetable planting guide by month will walk you through when to plant vegetables, when to harvest them and what to do when you can’t do either.
Easy Vegetables to Grow: Our Top 10 Picks
Just starting out? Our growers have picked the easiest vegetables to grow for any size of plot. Harvest big with the smallest of effort.
Growing Vegetables in Pots for Beginners
Growing vegetables in pots is great for those without space for a veg patch (or even a garden) and here's how to get started.
Which is the Best Climbing Plant for Your Garden?
Our specialists in Worcestershire grow the largest range of climbers in the UK and they’ve chosen the best options for all your vertical growing needs.
Planting Climbers: A Beginner’s Guide
You want to plant your new climbers so it hits the heights ASAP. Luckily we have a direct line to Mollie, one of the UK’s finest growers, to show you...
The Easiest Fruit Trees to Grow in the UK
Kick start your orchard with our guide to the easiest fruit trees to grow. Low maintenance, hardy and disease resistant!
The Best Soft Fruit Plants (as Chosen by Our Growers)
If you could only choose one variety of strawberry, which would you pick? We asked the experts - and here are the best fruiting plants.
Planting Fruit Bushes: The Complete Guide
Give your plants the very best start in life (and get more fruit!) with our experts’ guide to planting fruit bushes for bare root and potted plants.
How To Plant a Tree: Potted Trees and Bare Root
A master's guide prepared by the foremost tree grower in the country, with over a million trees planted to date.
How to Choose the Perfect Tree
In this guide, our experts share some pointers on choosing the perfect tree for your garden.
Best Pond Plants: Top 5 Plants to Bring Your Pond to Life
Choose the right plants for a well balanced pond, with some insider tips and our pick of the plants to get your pond buzzing with life in no time!
Planting Pond Plants: A Beginner’s Guide
Watch and learn how to plant up a pond with minimal fuss for maximum impact, bountiful wildlife and clear waters.
Cottage Gardens: Design, Flowers & Layouts
The perfect way to bring countryside charm to even the most urban spaces. Choose plants which will grow to different heights and don’t be afraid to mix it up.
10 Best Plants to Attract Bees to Your Garden
Bee numbers have been in decline for a number of years, but as gardeners we can help by filling our gardens with plants to provide the bees with the pollen...
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.
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Five Exotic Fruits You Can Grow At Home
If you have a greenhouse or heated conservatory (even a warm windowsill) there are many types of exotic fruit you can grow at home in the UK. -
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Clematis Pruning Groups
Knowing the right pruning group for your Clematis can mean the difference between a dead looking mess and a plant which flowers happily for years. -
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Growing Herbs: A Beginner’s Guide
Starting a herb garden is an easy way to add flavour and freshness to your cooking as well as colour and fragrance to your garden. Here's how! -
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How To Plant a Hanging Basket
Follow these 4 simple steps. Or skip to the bottom for hanging basket FAQ's. -
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7 Best Climbing Plants for Shade
Need to brighten up a gloomy wall or fence? These seven fabulous climbing plants have got it made in the shade. -
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How To Grow Celery
Learn how to grow, harvest and care for your celery plants with our expert guide. -
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How to Grow Lettuce
Forget week old soggy leaves in a bag, that’s not your life any more. Once you grow your own lettuce (that actually tastes of something) you’ll never go back. -
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Growing Cauliflower: The Complete Guide
It’s not the easiest vegetable to grow, but this guide, compiled from our growers’ best advice, will help you grow cauliflowers successfully and avoid common problems. -
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How to Grow Sweetcorn
Learn how to grow, care for and harvest your sweetcorn plants with our expert guide. -
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Growing Green Beans: The Complete Guide
Learn how to grow, care for and harvest green beans. All your questions on planting, soil, sun, water and pests answered! -
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Growing Aubergines: UK Beginner’s Guide
Learn how to grow, care for and harvest your aubergine plants. -
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Growing Courgettes: The Complete Guide
Learn how to grow, care for and harvest a wonderful courgette crop with our expert guide.
