The No-Fluff Garden Podcast

Today, we’re talking about one of the true classics of the British garden: Roses. Whether you’ve inherited an unruly old climber, you’re eyeing up a romantic rambling rose for an archway, or you just want a reliable shrub rose that flowers its socks off, this episode is for you. We’ll cover climbing, rambling and shrub roses, plus the practical stuff people actually worry about: planting, pruning,...

Today’s plant is a British garden icon: Lavender. It’s timeless, it smells incredible, pollinators absolutely love it, and once it’s settled in, it can be one of the easiest shrubs you’ll grow. But if you get a few key things wrong, lavender has a habit of turning woody, leggy, and frankly miserable. So in this episode, I’m going to take you through lavender from start to finish: a bit of backgrou...