Beautiful late-flowering plants to celebrate autumn’s arrival
Beauty aside, these shrubby salvias also play a beneficial role in the garden in terms of boosting plant health
‘How can I prevent earwigs from eating my dahlias?’
Readers’ questions: ‘They’re making the flowers look tatty even before they’ve fully opened’
Six things to do in the early autumn garden to prepare for winter and spring
Boost soil health, order spring bulbs, and other gardening tips
Why do my potatoes look warty – and are they safe to eat?
Symptoms of common scab are exacerbated by periods of sustained dry weather like we had in Ireland this spring and summer
Green flowering plants to bring calm to your garden
These plants have an unerring ability to be the all-important glue in any planting scheme
‘I’m disappointed by my vegetable yield. How can I do better?’
Most of all, I’m disappointed by my beetroot plants, which never took off
How to build a bird-friendly garden
Providing nutritious plants and prey and shelter can maximise your garden’s appeal to our feathered friends
My raspberry plants are producing very few berries – are they a lost cause?
Raspberries are hardy and easy to grow in the right conditions but prone to viruses
Thought fuchsia and montbretia were native Irish plants? Think again
Japanese knotweed has been described as the supreme weed, yet it was still being sold in Irish garden centres right up until the 1980s
How can I protect my garden from drought?
Weather extremes are becoming increasingly common, creating challenging growing conditions for garden plants
The struggles and charms of variegated gardening
I belong firmly to that judgmental minority for whom variegated plants rarely get through the garden gate
My dahlias are struggling this summer - what can I do to rescue them?
The plants are growing in good, rich soil in a nice sunny spot in the garden where they’ve always done well before now
A roll call of stars - including Joy Larkcom-Pollard and Monty Don - to feature at hugely popular Carlow Garden Festival
Now in its 23rd year, the festival has become a joyful celebration, and this year’s roll call of home-grown and international names is testament to its flowering
My beech hedge looks brown and tatty. Is it past the point of rescue?
The unseasonably warm, dry weather in late spring put young hedges and trees under stress