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Tsuyako Asada from Alice Garden Design visits us to check on plants for her RHS Chelsea 2024 balcony garden
We're delighted to be supplying new designer, Mike Lote, with some of the plant material for his debut show garden 'It Doesn't Have To Cost the Earth' at RHS Malvern Spring Festival. 9 - 12 May 2024
Combining different colours can create particular moods and feelings. The association of blue with the cold is so inbred in our perceptions, thanks to short winter days and the low angle of the sun...
It's that time of year to prick out seedlings. In this 4 minute tutorial Rosy shows you how
Rosy talks about shade loving perennials that shine in early spring
There are some really simple yet effective ways to create the illusion of more space in a small garden, whether you have a courtyard, a compact urban garden, or an awkward corner in a larger space. We
Here Rosy demonstrates how to prepare your Epimediums for Spring
Take a tour with Rosy as she looks at propagation during winter here at Hardy's.
Last month we gave you a few Design Tips for Small Gardens, this month we've decided to focus on just one of those tips - "Choosing plants that flower repeatedly". When space is limited every plant...
Plant name changes for 2024
Rosy demonstrates how to lay out a cottage garden border, full of herbaceous perennials, which will provide winter interest
The 2023 show season has come to an end, but what a year it has been! Here's a summary of our achievements
Vermiculite is widely used by professional and recreational gardeners. Our concerns over vermiculite's lack of sustainability, environmental and health impacts have led us to reconsider our use
Rosy looks at some of the perennials which can be used as cut flowers.
Rob Hardy has quietly been encouraging new plants people into the world of flower shows and discusses some of the people who have taken up the challenge.
Rosy looks back at the best selling perennials of 2023.
Here at Hardy’s we’re always looking at ways to reduce our carbon footprint, promote sustainability and be more planet friendly. Since January 2023, we’ve made a few changes to the way we do things
Boy it's been HOT ! We humans and our plants have all been suffering in this heat so we thought that now is the perfect time to share some of our top tips to help you and your plants survive
From 2024, amateur gardeners in England and Wales will no longer be able to buy peat based compost and growing media. Rosy explains
In order to make understanding and identifying these plants easier, taxonomists have begun to separate the genus Aster into separate groups that are more closely related.