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More about Myrtle

Myrtle – Botany Myrtus, with the common name myrtle, is a genus of flowering plants in the family Myrtaceae The genus Myrtus has three species ...

Sowing seeds in six easy steps

All seeds hold within the amazing promise of life. You will find that growing plants from seed can be a very rewarding experience and that ...

Selecting a site for your food garden

Embarking on the journey of creating your own food garden is an exciting and rewarding endeavor, but selecting the right site for it is crucial ...

Splashes of Colour with Summer Flowers

Don’t let the heat get you down by bringing some cooling colour into your garden with Heckers’ guide on an amazing selection of colourful flowers ...

Soil preparation

Soil preparation is one of the cornerstones of any gardening. The best soils, known as loams, contain some sand, some silt and a little clay. ...

Have the Best Poinsettias this Festive Season

Every year it seems that the arrival of Poinsettias at the nursery also herald the festive season. Few things say Christmas like a Poinsettia. They ...

The Splendour of Hydrangeas

What a fitting time of the year it is to talk about Hydrangeas; due to their favourite epithet being “Christmas flower”. Growing into a handsome ...

Gardening For a Greener Future

With all the festivities behind us and the guests making their way back home, it is time to look forward to the New Year. Getting ...

Good Plant Hedges Make Good Neighbours

With our modern life styles, our green spaces, gardens and nature around us are being swallowed by the concrete jungle. Gardens are getting smaller and ...

Valentine's Gifts to Match Your Valentine's Personality

Valentine’s gifts can be a tricky one, with all the expectations to splash out on the craziest of gifts. Why not keep it simple this ...

Growing Great Garlic

Growing garlic gives you an ample supply of one of nature’s best healing herbs. Garlic is one of those amazing plants that has been used by ...

Alternatives to control weeds in the garden

One year’s seeding is seven year’s weeding. Weeds tend to be our nemesis when gardening and many an hour has been spent methodically and sometimes ...

Make Your Own Compost and Mulch This Autumn

Here's a handy compost guide on making compost and mulch with material collected from your own garden. Don't let all those free leaves go to ...

Preparing Your Flower Beds for Autumn Planting

With the change of the season it is time to start with autumn planting in anticipation of all the winter and spring colour. With most ...

Grow your own tasty winter veggies

We always tend to think of winter as this grey colourless season where nothing grows, anxiously waiting for Spring’s warm embrace. Yet, winter holds so ...

Six easy steps to prune your roses

Rose pruning seems to have come a bit earlier than usual this year with our roses thinking that it is already the end of July. ...