A former geologist who swapped a love for rocks with a love for plants is to be the guest speaker at a society meeting.

One of Wisley's largest flowering cherry trees, the impressive Prunus ‘Ichiyo’ also known as ‘Pink Champagne’ can be found in ...

If you're looking for a bit of home and garden inspiration, I've found just the place. I visited the new-look Squire's Garden ...

Why should we be embracing this messy look? Does rewilding mean we simply leave our back gardens to get on with it and fill themselves with nettles? Emphatically not. In fact, allowing one or two weed ...

Nano-agrochemicals and nanomedicine are two areas of active research. While there are some distinct differences there are areas of overlap and lessons which can be learned. Here, the authors ...

Gardeners’ Corner celebrates spring with a visit to the world-famous RHS Garden Wisley. Covering 240 acres, it’s one of five gardens run by the Royal Horticultural Society and it attracts around one ...

WHAT do you see when you look out of your window? If you’re lucky, maybe some busy birds readying themselves for nesting ...

RHS Garden Wisley is preparing to hop right into Easter with an egg-citing array of hands-on activities. As well as cracking the egg-nigma code in the return of the giant Easter Egg hunt, families can ...

A mass of glossy oval leaves on tree-like branching stems, the money plant (Crassula ovata) is one of the most distinctive indoor plants. It is prized in China and across the globe by practitioners of ...

Plant genetics deals with heredity in plants, specifically mechanisms of hereditary transmission and variation of inherited characteristics. Plant genetics differs from animal genetics in a number ...

For much better results this month buy seedling plants, which can soon be planted out. If you are sowing seed, do so indoors on a heated propagator to speed up germination. When to harvest: June to ...