EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT CAMELLIAS If you have Camellia shrubs in your garden you are among the thousands of UK garden lovers who opt to grow this flower. It is one of the more popular shrubs available in the UK and it is quite clear why. This genus flowering plant is a very […]

Trees are one of the most important species on the planet. They are ancient, with one clonal type tree having been estimated at over 80,000 years old, 30,000 years before our ancestors started to use language. We tend to take for granted things as fundamental as trees, so it’s good to remind ourselves occasionally why […]

Eco-friendly gardening encompasses a wide range of radically forward-thinking methods that anyone can adopt in the garden in response to the ever-increasing threat posed by climate change. These innovative outdoor pursuits centre around decreasing harmful greenhouse emissions which occur as a result of day-to-day gardening techniques. Eco-friendly gardening also encourages the intake of carbon dioxide […]

The milder weather will be heading our way in the next few months, which means that spring is just around the corner. Keen gardeners will have been itching all winter long to begin their sowing, growing and nurturing routines to bring the garden back to life and is there really anything better than seeing the […]

  At Trees Direct, we’re now beginning to cast our gaze upon those upcoming winter months (a far cry from our last blog post about protecting your garden from the summer heat). Autumn is now in full swing, and as the greens slowly turn to bright shades of yellows and oranges and your plants and […]

Gardens are a great place to enjoy nature and decompress after a long day. However, we’re experiencing a record-breaking summer here in the UK at the moment, which shows no signs of abating and while many of us love the heat, it can really play havoc on our garden paradise if we fail to take […]