Roses are a classic and beautiful addition to any garden. They are the most widely bought flowering shrub, but with over 30,000 varieties of roses the choice can be bewildering. Let’s take a brief look at the main rose types to help you decide which rose is right for your garden.
Alpine Gardens
Alpine plants are used to thin soil and cold temperatures which mean the plants are hardy, small and have an abundance of flowers.
Seed Potatoes
Grow your own seed potatoes with British Garden Centres. Seed Potatoes are a great introduction to grow your own. Start your seed potato crop today.
June Festival of Roses with British Garden Centres
It’s the British Garden Centres Roses Festival.
Lavender
Lavender is prized for its vibrant flowers and wonderful aromatic scent. To thrive Lavender needs a sunny, well-drained spot in your garden, they also do well in free draining containers and look great on a patio, terrace or balcony.
Grow Your Own Tomatoes
The flavour of homegrown tomatoes straight from the vine just can’t be beaten. Tomatoes are easy to grow and produce a high yield, just a couple of plants will provide you with a delicious crop throughout the Summer. Tomatoes can be grown in the ground, in containers and in grow bags.
Grow Your Own – Broad Beans
Broad beans are easy to grow and delicious, they are really versatile and can be used in salads, pasta dishes, stews and soups. Find out more in our blog!
Grow Your Own – Carrots
Homegrown carrots are full of flavour, packed with vitamins and a grow your own favourite. They can be grown in your vegetable patch, border or container. Find out where to start in our handy ‘grow your own’ blog.
Grow Your Own – Herbs
There’s nothing quite like picking homegrown herbs to add to your meal preparations, they are great in stews, casseroles, salads, soups, roasting and even in cocktails!
Young Gardeners Summer Holidays
We will be putting out activities, each week, for the whole of the school summer holidays to keep your little ones occupied whatever the weather! We have lots of other young gardener blogs that we feature throughout the year too, so there will definitely be something available to get your kids’ creativity flowing.