The Best Gardening Advice & Honest Garden Product Reviews

Welcome to pyracantha.co.uk, with over 20 years of experience being a professional gardener and nurseryman! I started this website as an outlet for my knowledge on gardening while also providing reviews about the products that I use in order to help others along their journey into gardening too! It has since grown from just me sharing information online-over 1 million people visit every year who learn about the latest garden trends, product opinions, and helpful tips.

John Moore

Professional Gardener & Founder

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MY LATEST PRODUCT REVIEWS & TESTS

6 Best Wheelie Bin Storage Ideas with Reviews

Garden Wheelie Bins Storage Solutions Practicality and usefulness notwithstanding, wheelie bins are not the most attractive of garden furniture. As[...]

4 Best Robot Lawn Mowers for Large Gardens – Just Relax

Replace the haphazardness of your kids cutting the lawn with the regular schedule of a robotic mower. Once you’ve taken[...]

5 Strongest Weedkillers – Kills Everything & Professional Grade

Do you have weeds growing in your garden despite having treated them with every domestic weedkiller on the market? Maybe[...]

Best Lawn and Garden Sprinklers – 5 Top Models For 2021

There are also many benefits related to the installation of sprinklers, such as they can save time and water, they[...]

LATEST GARDENING GUIDES

How To Extend An Existing Lawn – Step by Step

Just recently, I decided I wanted to make one of my flower beds narrower and increase the size of my[...]

When and how to prune Sorbaria (False spirea)

Sorbaria is one of my favourite shrubs but the variety I fell in love with was the more compact and smaller[...]

How to collect poppy seeds and what to do with poppies after flowering

Poppies are one of my favourite plants, both the perennial oriental poppies and the Papaver somniferum varieties which are annuals.[...]

How do you stop flies coming into the house and conservatory?

You need not be plagued with flies coming into your home. You can intercept them on the way in, trap[...]

How to sow winter pansies – Step by step

Winter pansies are one of my favourite plants for providing some autumn and winter colour when not much else is[...]

How to secure a greenhouse to a patio or concrete base

Just recently, I purchased a new greenhouse, nothing too fancy, just an aluminium 4 x 6ft polycarbonate greenhouse by Palram.[...]

How to install a wall-mounted hose reel – step by step

The thing with hose pipes is they can get in the way, one way around this is by installing a[...]

Should you buy a mini grow house, my review and how to put one together

I have always grown plants in what many gardeners would call a real greenhouse or polytunnel and being brought up[...]

GARDEN PRODUCT REVIEWS

Top 6 Best Cordless Strimmers and Reviews For 2021

It's time to lose that power cord or noisy petrol engine and consider a low maintenance cordless strimmer. We compare[...]

Top 8 best Rotavators and Tillers for turning the soil in garden borders and allotments

Top 8 Best Secateurs – Tried & Tested Models With Reviews

Best Garden Spade – Digging Spades vs Border Spades – Top Picks

Top 5 Best Polytunnels For Gardens and Allotments

Top 8 Best Lawn Scarifiers For Removing Moss and Thatch From Your Lawn

Top 6 best mini greenhouses that take up a small footprint

Best Garden Loppers – We review 7 of the best models

Top 7 Best Propagators For Seedlings – Heated, non-heated and self-watering propagators

DIY TOOL REVIEWS

Bosch PWB 600 Portable Work Bench Review

I'm fairly handy when it comes to DIY, I've renovated two houses over the last few years and I mean[...]

Top 6 Best Garden Storage Boxes – Reviewed and Compared

Best Power File Sander – Top 5 Models & Buyers Guide

Top 5 Best Inspection Cameras & How To Choose The Right One

Top 6 Best Cordless Leaf Blowers For Clear Leaves

Top 5 Best Cordless Jigsaws – Detailed UK Comparison and Reviews

Best Snow Shovels and Snow Pushers for Clearing Snow

Top 5 Best Portable Garage Shelters Comparison and Reviews

The best heat guns – Comparison & reviews of the top 5 models

Helpful Product Reviews

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