Readers’ questions: ‘I’m growing them in big pots in a small glasshouse in my sunny, sheltered back garden’

Celebrating 25 years in existence, Mount Venus in Dublin has become known as one of the continent’s most innovative plant nurseries

Beauty aside, these shrubby salvias also play a beneficial role in the garden in terms of boosting plant health

Readers’ questions: ‘They’re making the flowers look tatty even before they’ve fully opened’

House plant Q&A: Advice for looking after a sarracenia

Boost soil health, order spring bulbs, and other gardening tips

Symptoms of common scab are exacerbated by periods of sustained dry weather like we had in Ireland this spring and summer

These plants have an unerring ability to be the all-important glue in any planting scheme

Most of all, I’m disappointed by my beetroot plants, which never took off

Providing nutritious plants and prey and shelter can maximise your garden’s appeal to our feathered friends

Raspberries are hardy and easy to grow in the right conditions but prone to viruses

Japanese knotweed has been described as the supreme weed, yet it was still being sold in Irish garden centres right up until the 1980s

Weather extremes are becoming increasingly common, creating challenging growing conditions for garden plants

I belong firmly to that judgmental minority for whom variegated plants rarely get through the garden gate

The plants are growing in good, rich soil in a nice sunny spot in the garden where they’ve always done well before now