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Plants
Advice, tips and information on how to get the most from your indoor and garden plants.
Peat free compost
Dobbies has joined a host of garden experts in encouraging gardeners to use peat free compost. Leading garden experts across the UK are backing moves [...]
The Natasha Richardson rose
Vanessa Redgrave will be launching the bespoke Natasha Richardson Rose at the Chelsea Flower Show today, in memory of her late daughter. The UK-grown rose [...]
Bedding plants
Every gardener loves bedding plants because of the instant splash of colour they bring to the garden. Bedding plants are perfect for pots and planters, [...]
Garden plants
Garden plants are a fun and exciting way to brighten your outdoor living space. There are a few things you need to think about before [...]
House plants
House plants add colour, create a relaxing environment, and can even improve air quality within the home. Many house plants can adapt to challenging indoor [...]
Hardy plants
For long-lasting, low-maintenance, all-weather garden glory look no further than hardy plants. The backdrop to any successful garden is provided by the hardy plants that [...]
Office plants reduce stress
If you want to reduce depression, anger, confusion and overall stress in the workplace you need office plants, according to researchers from the University of [...]
Chuck Norris house plants
Some heroic house plants can survive and even thrive in conditions that would be fatal for most flowers. If you have the Chuck Norris touch [...]
The benefits of office plants
Increase staff happiness and improve productivity by putting plants in the office. Green leaves and colourful flowers have long been symbols of health and happiness. [...]
Cactus plants
Cacti are perfect low maintenance indoor plants. Cactus plants were once confined to the desert and wild west movies, but now these prickly plants are [...]
Perennial plants
Perennial plants are the long term garden plant of choice, for the years of flowering pleasure they provide. Typically a perennial plant lives for more [...]
Alpine plants
Alpine plants are the rugged and adventurous tough guy of the plant world. They have evolved to survive high mountainous areas with poor soils and [...]
Sandringham Flower Show
Isn’t a good British Summer awesome. The weather this year is somewhat undecided but we’re getting some good hot days up and down the country [...]
Poisonous plants to pets
People are passionate about plants and pets, but many household plants are poisonous to our furry friends. So in the interest of poorly pet prevention [...]
Balmy summer prompts palm tree boom
From Acapulco to Aberdeen and The Seychelles to Stirling staycationing Scots are bringing the beach to their backyards as Dobbies, Scotland’s leading garden centre chain, [...]
Poisonous plants found near you
Here are 10 of the most poisonous plants that regularly appear in our gardens and homes. By wrongly ingesting some of this fatal foliage you [...]
How to communicate with plants
Plants are a wonderful way to say thank you or congratulations. But did you know you can use plants to ask for a dance or [...]
Buying plants online can save you time and money
Buying plants online can save you time and money but some gardeners are still a little reluctant to give it a try. By following a [...]
