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Small, dark and handsome

 

5:45 pmin blog, flowers, grow this by isabel No Comments »

Helleborus x hybridus ‘Harvington Smokey Blue’ is the colour of a beautiful couture dress. Here’s how to grow and fall in love with it.

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B is for Brugmansia

 

5:30 pmin blog, flowers, grow this, shrubs by isabel No Comments »

Our second new chum in our A-Z of the best plants ever (no big claims here) is the beautiful brugmansia.

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Daphne

 

8:37 pmin blog, flowers, grow this, shrubs by isabel 2 Comments »

Daphne is seriously hot stuff. Find out more about her here.

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Pussy galore

 

5:53 pmin blog, flowers, grow this, shrubs by isabel Comments Off

Meet the glamorous pussy willow, also known as Salix caprea

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The green hurricane

 

1:58 pmin blog, flowers, grow this by Ryan Comments Off

Ryan Lewis digs up a mysteriously beautiful rare woodland plant.

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Curly-wurly kale

 

5:00 pmin blog, grow this, vegetables by isabel 1 Comment »

Kale is a superb architectural plant, and it tastes good too.

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Winter hazel

 

5:53 pmin blog, flowers, grow this, shrubs by isabel Comments Off

Here’s one of the sweetest early-flowering shrubs you’ll ever meet.

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Oh, chit

 

5:40 pmin blog, grow this, monthly jobs, vegetables by isabel 1 Comment »

If you’re growing potatoes this year, you need to get chitting (it’s not rude). Here’s how.

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A is for Allium

 

6:02 pmin blog, flowers, grow this by isabel 2 Comments »

In the first of our new series on the best flowers from A-Z, we meet the amazing allium.

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Growing onions from seed

 

2:51 pmin blog, grow this, vegetables by isabelTags:
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In case we can’t persuade you not to bother with growing onions in your veg patch, here’s our easy-peasy guide.

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Winter honeysuckle

 

8:48 pmin blog, flowers, grow this, shrubs by isabelTags:
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It doesn’t scramble or climb, but this superb-scented shrub is still a honeysuckle. Here’s why we love it so.

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Banksia

 

5:59 pmin blog, flowers, grow this, shrubs by isabel 1 Comment »

Forget teasels and other meagre seedheads: plant a Banksia for fabulous architectural impact.

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