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ANALYSIS

Allensmore promotion

10 growers share their summer story

Product Special: Bigger and better glasshouses for more efficient production

Glasshouse

Autumn gardening shift: Dry summer heat triggers garden centre deals and new planting habits

salvia

12 impacts of drought causing horticulture industry behaviour changes

drought

Exhibitors, awards and seminars set to feature at Four Oaks Trade Show

Four Oaks Trade Show

New Plants Radar: Eye-catchers at the Ball Colegrave Summer Showcase

Summer Showcase plants

EPOS Extra: Top 50 garden centre plants January-July 2026

Bedding

Top 100 garden centre plants: EPOS data July 2026

Geranium

Ask Sally: How can tyres help to ensure safer journeys?

Sally Drury

Product Special: Battery kit update

Batteries and chargers

Whatever happened to… Hopleys

Abelia grandiflora ‘Hopleys’ introduced by Hopleys

New Plants Radar: The plants that set tongues wagging at FlowerTrials 2026

New varieties at FlowerTrials 2026

20 recent garden centre, nursery and gardens plans

planning

Top 55 garden centre plants: EPOS data June 2026

Bedding plants

Top 100 garden centre products: EPOS data June 2026

England World Cup colours

Klasmann-Deilmann aims for 50% peat-free by 2050

Damian Ikemann, CEO of the Klasmann-Deilmann Group

Brexit 10 years on: Bad news for horticulture, eight experts speak UPDATED

Brexit

Hot product picks from the National Plant Show 2026

Joy of Plants key fob

Convenience is King: The evolution of the UK one-stop nursery

Farplants

LIVE MAP: horticulture business mergers, closures and sales in 2026

HortWeek mergers map 2026

Automation replaces low-paid jobs in commercial growing sector

Growing salary report

LATEST ORNAMENTALS NEWS

Allensmore

Winners and losers this horticulture week

Royal FloraHolland reveals finalists of the Glazen Tulp Award 2027

Agapanthus AtomicSparkx Lavender enters Plantarium Novelties Awards 2026

Bridge Greenhouses wins project to refurbish research-grade glasshouse at Aberystwyth University

PLANTARIUM|GROEN-Direkt Autumn Fair to present 75 new plants

Late-season resilience: Growers and retailers beat summer drought to drive autumn momentum

Allensmore Nurseries reports strong summer performance despite UK drought

HortWeek 185th anniversary: What horticulture means to Helen Cox and Steve Dowbiggin

Most read this horticulture week: garden centre sold/closing, Eden, peat

Allensmore Nurseries awards best garden centre displays

Florall to host HTA talk on SPS agreement with EU + new plant awards entries

Tory MP, magician and comedian to speak at HTA conference

Floral Fringe Fair cancelled after death of founder

HortWeek 185th anniversary: What horticulture means to Kate Ebbens and Peter Brammal

TGA to showcase the importance of professionally grown turf

Meet the Four Oaks speakers: Simon Blackhurst, Growing Media Association

RHS launches survey on effect of drought on gardens + Guy Barter interview

Plantipp showcases innovative plants at Plantarium|Groen-Direkt 2026

Meet the Four Oaks speaker: David Nieburg

HortWeek 185th anniversary: What horticulture means to Mark Gregory and Meg Warren-Davis

RHS repeats autumn planting advice

HortWeek Special Report

The future of peat report

HortWeek releases definitive exclusive peat report

HortWeek asks and answers the burning questions about the future of peat in a new comprehensive deep dive research document.

EXCLUSIVE

Kernock Park Plants nursery

Top 100 Ornamental Nurseries: Changes among leading growers over the past 10 years

Galanthus

PLANT LIBRARY

Plant Focus: Galanthus

Plant Focus: Pulmonaria

Pulmonaria

Plant Focus: Stars of the 2026 Chelsea show gardens

Magnolia stellata ‘Rosea’

Plant Focus: Liquidambar

Liquidambar

Plant Focus: Miscanthus

Miscanthus

Plant Focus: Agapanthus

Agapanthus

Plant Focus: Jasminum

Jasmine

Christmas trees

Christmas trees

Water lilies

Escarboucle

NEW PLANTS RADAR WITH MICHAEL PERRY

New Plants Radar: Future favourites first seen at FlowerTrials

Michael Perry at FlowerTrials

New Plants Radar: Spring shrubs

Bloombux

New Plants Radar: Californian Spring Trials

Michael Perry with Better Boxwood in California

New Plants Radar: Choice picks from the Plantarium Groen-Direkt trade fair

Plantarium Groen-Direkt

New Plants Radar: First look at the stars of IPM Essen 2026

New plants at IPM Essen

New Plants Radar: Rochfords International Rose Trials

Rochfords International Rose Trials

GARDEN CENTRE DIRECTORY

Two customers carrying plants in pots

UK garden centres — every garden centre outlet listed

OPINION

Planning priorities must reflect essential need for water, food and energy

Derek Jarman

How HortWeek achieved an RHS peat policy change

Matt Appleby

Glyphosate use in the UK

Ian Graham

Plant pricing issues are just the tip of the iceberg for garden centres

Howard Drury

How Hortweek sets the peat agenda

Matthew Appleby

Why The Secret Gardener may be right, traditional garden centre retail mark-ups don’t work anymore

RS

Secret Gardener #44: Are we pricing ourselves into slower plant sales?

Secret Gardener

Hot weather shows need to invest in green infrastructure

Fran Barnes

Exiting the horticulture industry and minimising inheritance tax

Derek Jarman

HortWeek report exposes disconnect between retail trend for plant 'premiumisation' and climate pressure

The horticulture industry has a problem...

EAMU UPDATES

EAMU roundup: June 2026

Broadbean crop

New EAMU granted for Romeo on top fruit crops

apple

EAMU roundup: May 2026

Plum tree - credit: Flickr/Jnzl'sPhotos (CC by 20 DEED)

EAMU expiry alert: October 2026

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EAMU roundup: April 2026

Cherry tree

EAMU expiry alert: September 2026

hourglass

EAMU expiry alert: July 2026

hourglass

EAMU expiry alert: June 2026

hourglass

PEST & DISEASE FACTSHEETS

Growers’ Guide to Plant Health: Tarsonemid and eriophyid mites

Abi Rayment

Growers’ Guide to Plant Health: Fungal leaf spots

Abi Rayment

Growers’ Guide to Plant Health: Leafhoppers, capsids and suckers

Abi Rayment

Growers’ Guide to Plant Health: Powdery mildew

Abi Rayment

Growers’ Guide to Plant Health: Mealybugs

Abi Rayment

Growers’ Guide to Plant Health: Scab

Abi Rayment

Growers’ Guide to Plant Health: Thrips

Abi Rayment

Growers’ Guide to Plant Health: Downy mildew

Abi Rayment

Growers’ Guide to Plant Health: Whitefly

Abi Rayment

Growers’ Guide to Plant Health: Damping-off

Abi Rayment

Growers’ Guide to Plant Health: Aphids on ornamental crops

Abi Rayment

Growers’ Guide to Plant Health: Bacterial and fungal cankers

Abi Rayment

Growers’ Guide to Plant Health: Leaf and stem nematodes

Abi Rayment

Growers’ Guide to Plant Health: Phytophthora root rots

Abi Rayment

Growers’ Guide to Plant Health: Botrytis

Abi Rayment

Growers’ Guide to Plant Health: Sciarid and shore flies

Abi Rayment

Protection against winter moths for fruit, forestry and ornamentals

Winter moth caterpillar

Sciard and shore flies: Avoiding damage caused by sciarid and shore flies

Bradysia - credit: AfroBrazilian CC BY-SA 3.0

Blights: correct identification and treatment options

Didymascella

Downy mildew: protecting plants against downy mildew attacks

Downy mildew on Buddleja Buzz