Rather than bung your festive poinsettia in a boring pot and wait for it to wilt, why not add the colourful bracts to Christmas table decorations, place settings and hanging ornaments?

Celebrate throughout the festive season by doing something different with them.

More colours are now available, from the traditional red to salmon pink and cool white, meaning the number one houseplant over the festive season is more versatile than it used to be.

Want to dig up a longer-lasting gift than a bouquet of flowers this year? Here are 12 ideas to show plant-loving mums some love…

It’s the top-selling plant every Christmas – a staggering eight million will be sold in the UK this year alone.

But how much do you know about the poinsettia, apart from the fact that it’s generally red and if you put it in the wrong place, it loses its leaves?

To create a garden blooming with flowers, vegetables and ornamentals you don’t need to be an expert. With simple garden pots and common sense gardening tips, you can get started on your quest for the perfect little garden. Here are some tips that will help you grow healthy vegetables and ornamentals.

All great accomplishments begin with a good plan. As any landscape architect or green-fingered hobbyist will tell you, the key to a productive and visually striking garden is an efficient layout. If you’re planning to create your own garden at home, here are a few tips to get you started:

In this fast-paced world home gardens an opportunity to momentarily retreat to the tranquillity of nature. However, the commitment required to nurture a garden to life is an undertaking that requires a lot of time and patience. Couple that with the region’s notoriously long and humid summers and the task gets even more daunting. However, you don’t have to give up on your gardening dreams yet! Hope blooms in the form of Xeriscaping - a landscaping practice that utilises hardy, drought-resistant and low maintenance plants. The result?

While many plants that appear dead can be revived, a plant that is truly dead cannot be brought back to life. Many of the plants that people perceive as being dead are alive but have lost leaves to preserve their more vital components.

Here's how you can revive a plant that appears to be dying: