Native along the entire East Coast and west to Missouri and Texas, this slow-growing, pyramidical holly can reach 25-60 feet tall at maturity. Also known as Christmas holly, the spiny-leaved plants ...

Bengaluru-based Aditi Rai Dastidar has nurtured a 25 x 6 feet balcony garden in her apartment. “There must be around 500 pots ...

Plant out pot-grown trees, shrubs and climbers. Prune shrub, bush and climbing roses, Buddleia davidii, dogwoods with ...

For the adventurous, pots allow for growing almost any rose you want. You could encourage a large climber to grow as a shrub ...

The main pruning to be done on all dahlias is to remove the faded flowers so that the plants continue to look good and keep ...

Digging up dahlia tubers gives them years of life. However, the storage conditions could cause the tubers to rot if you don't ...

Dahlias are tuberous perennials, offering beautiful flowers each spring or summer. But they need to be dealt with carefully ...

Andy recommends letting the top inch or two of soil dry out completely between waterings. If you haven’t already added horticultural grit to the soil, it’s worth putting a layer of gravel or sand over ...

Lantana, historically grown indoors in Britain, is now a favourite indoor-outdoor plant grown as bedding in sunny borders or ...

Growing sweet potatoes in containers lets you start earlier, manage space, and protect plants from frost. Choose compact, non-vining varieties like Bunch Porto Rico or Vardaman for easier container ...