John Manley has spent the vast bulk of his 25 year-plus journalistic career with The Irish News. He has been the paper's Political Correspondent since 2012, having previously worked as a Business ...

MY container tomatoes have blight, my summer bedding is bedraggled and all my pots are looking a bit forlorn – so there’s no better time to cheer myself up with some bright winter candidates. Autumn ...

SKIMMIA is one of those shrubs that is hardly noticed in summer when so many others parade their finery, but really comes into its own in winter. It has many excellent decorative qualities and in ...

Save up to £16.80 on our offer of five beautiful evergreen shrubs for your patio containers or border. Pick from: 1. SKIMMIA RUBELLA Perfect for containers, with redmargined dark green leaves. Flower ...

Here's your chance to save up to £16.80 with our brilliant dwarf evergreen patio shrubs offer. Our selection will give you all-round container colour from easy-to-grow, trouble-free shrubs which will ...

Bring life to your garden this winter with five ready-to-plant favourites that thrive in the cold. Here's how to plant up a winter container garden this month ...

Long before tinsel, glitter and baubles people celebrated Christmas by decorating homes with foliage, berries, twigs, cones and nuts. Holly is a favourite but if you live in an area with no other ...

At this time of year, the female plants of skimmia carry clusters of bright red berries. Strangely, birds do not take the berries, which last on the bush from their time of formation in late summer ...