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Informal planting

By Andy Sturgeon in Plants
18 April 2012
The RHS often asks for planting plans from designers of the show gardens at Chelsea, but I don’t know of any designer who actually produces one. Continue reading...

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Hail damage

By Pippa Greenwood in Grow & eat
17 April 2012
We’ve just had two big bouts of hail and my poor old plants have taken a battering. Continue reading...

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Weather damage to plants

By Adam Pasco in Gardeners' musings
16 April 2012
I've suffered disappointment in the garden already this year, as the hard frosts of the last couple of weeks have damaged new shoots ... Continue reading...

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Dung-flies and rat-tailed maggots

By Kate Bradbury in Wildlife
13 April 2012
Apparently there’s nothing like a foul-smelling bucket of leaves to get dung-flies going... Continue reading...

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Turkscap lilies

By Andy Sturgeon in Plants
11 April 2012
The ritual of picking off red lily beetles [...] has begun, and I will soon be discovering flower stems snapped by footballs and dogs. Continue reading...

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Red squirrels

By Richard Jones in Wildlife
10 April 2012
[...] it has become a tradition of this blog that I bemoan the inadequacies of holiday cottage gardens. Well, we've outdone ourselves this time. Continue reading...

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Growing woodland anemones

By James Alexander-Sinclair in Plants
09 April 2012
Anemone nemorosa, one of my favourite plants, is an early spring-flowering perennial that gets all of its business [...] out of the way before the trees come into leaf... Continue reading...

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Tomatoes, aubergines and peppers

By Kate Bradbury in Allotments
05 April 2012
My colleague Tamsin and I have come to a decision: this year, on the office allotment, we're not going to grow any brassicas. Continue reading...

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Flowering in time for Chelsea

By Andy Sturgeon in Plants
05 April 2012
At the nursery, Hortus Loci in Hampshire, the staff will be spending the next few weeks moving plants [...] to try to speed up and slow down flowering. Continue reading...

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Overwintering pests and diseases

By Pippa Greenwood in Gardeners' musings
03 April 2012
At this time of year, I am buzzing with excitement, watching buds that are bursting at the seams, full of energy and potential. Continue reading...

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