How To Understand What NPK Means
Basic plant nutrients are essential for a healthy happy garden N nitrogen P phosphorus K potassium Nitrogen is needed to grow leaves and the green foliage. Phosphorus is needed to...
Why Are My Leaves Going Yellow?
We all have a problem with our houseplants from time to time and this blog explains how to solve the problem of yellowing leaves.
Why Are My Leaves Dropping Off?
Leaves dropping off plants is a natural occurrence but sometimes there is an underlying problem and this blog goes through some of the most common causes of leaf drop.
How to Get Rid of Scale Insects
The first sign of scale insect infestation is usually the appearance of sooty fungus so you have two different types of problem to tackle, fungal and insect. This blog helps you get rid of both these debilitating problems.
How To Get Rid Of Aphids
Aphids are the bane of every gardener's life, seriously weakening plants, so here are several methods you can use to rid yourself of these common garden pests.
How To Grow Trees In Containers
No garden to grow a tree? No problem, just grown in a large container Here at Hayes Garden World we are often asked if you can grow trees in containers....
Best Easy To Grow Spring Flowering Shrubs
This blog will give you some ideas on which shrubs will give your spring garden a burst of colour and which are easy to maintain. Once planted you can leave them to do their own thing, if they become too unruly they can simply be cut back.
How To Grow Berberis
Berberis makes an excellent plant to use as a security hedge due to it's thorns so read the blog and keep yours in the best condition.
How To Grow Fragrant Wallflowers
Fill the garden with scent this spring with this old fashioned favourite Named because of their habit of growing out of old walls, rocks & quarries, wallflowers provide an early...
How To Grow Handsome Heucheras
Fill your garden with a dazzling display of year round leaf colour If you are on the lookout for a compact plant that will give you year round interest through...
How To Grow Garlic
Grow your own garlic with this easy to follow guide Garlic is not hard to grow in the UK; however it is advisable to plant from stock that will grow...
How To Create Colourful Containers
If you just have a backyard and no growing space then creating the right atmosphere has to depend upon growing plants in containers. Containers allow you to give the plant exactly what it needs. If you have an alkaline soil and love rhododendrons and azaleas then growing in containers is the answer. Here we give you some tips for keeping your containers in tiptop condition.
The Art Of Topiary
The art of topiary involves training and pruning plants into geometric and even quite fanciful shapes & has been practised since Roman times. Indeed the term topiary comes from the...
Silent Summer
Our Disappearing Bees All over the world the numbers of honey bees and other pollinating insects, such as bumble bees and butterflies, are collapsing at an alarming rate. The murmur...