This type of tree is the ideal one for you to grow in the garden but it's important to plant it before the end of the month.

Sowing seeds, feeding, mulching and pruning are high on the agenda in February – it's a prime time to prepare the garden for spring and summer.

The best time to plant bare-root fruit trees like apples is towards the end of winter or the first half of spring, once the ...

Here are the latest planning applications submitted to East Devon District Council for approval this week (Monday January 27). This list ...

Here are the latest planning applications submitted to East Devon District Council for approval this week (Monday January 27). This list covers Exmouth, Sidmouth, Ottery and Budleigh Salterton. Use ...

Chimonanthus praecox or wintersweet is a medium sized shrub which is worth planting in a sunny spot near the house so that you can enjoy the deliciously scented flowers which last for weeks throughout ...

A family-run cider farm has planted a new orchard. Oldfields Cider, based near Tenbury Wells, has added an eight-acre cider apple orchard to its existing 22 acres. The new orchard, planted in January, ...

A cidermaker will be holding an open afternoon on Saturday, February 8 featuring a traditional Wassailing ceremony.

FEBRUARY is a good month to start thinking about potatoes – and how you’re going to plant them. Gone are the days when the ...

Advanced Practical Gardening pruning Bramley apple tree (Image: Ruth Darrah) The Advanced Practical Gardening students did a great job of pruning an old Bramley apple tree and fan-training the peach.

Trees and shrubs add shade and colour and bare-root is better value than plants in containers, writes David Domoney ...