Gardening buying guides

All our buying guides point out the things you should know and consider before buying. Each guide will recommend online retailers and products where appropriate but also provide valuable information even if you are visiting a local garden centre to pick up your plants yourself.

Growing Stock

Perennials flower each year before dying back to ground level in the autumn.

You can buy plants online in various stages of growth from small plug plants through to large already grown plants.

Seeds can be bought online cheaply but as with all seeds finding a quality supplier is key.

Shrubs bought online can vary in size so look out for very small plants.

Spring bulbs are planted in the autumn and flower in the spring.

Looking to buy trees for your garden? Yes, you can buy trees online!

Miscellany

Cold frames protect your plants and seedlings from the cold winter and spring frosts.

Need a gardening gift for a green-fingered friend? Go with the easy option of garden vouchers or one of our more exotic suggestions.

Solar water features are great for gardens without a convenient plug point but there are a few gotchas to take note of.

Lawnmowers

Read up on the various types of lawn mowers available and then read our more detailed guides below.

Electric lawn mowers are the most popular mowers in the UK. Find out if they are right for you.

Petrol lawn mowers can give you that professional finish but decide if you can justify the cost and the maintenance.

Ride on mowers and lawn tractors will make cutting a larger lawn a pleasure.

Furniture

Buying options and discounts for garden furniture to convert your garden into an outside room.

Garden furniture covers protect your furniture in both the summer and the winter.

Wooden garden furniture should come from approved/sustainable forests.

Metal garden furniture is hassle free and there is plenty of choice.

Tools

Use a log fire or chop lots of wood? Read our guides on log splitters and chainsaws.

Cultivators make short work of preparing your soil.

Get your hedges in shape with battery, electric or petrol Hedge trimmers.

Cut down on your trips to the tip with a Garden shredder.

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