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Plants for shade
By James Alexander-Sinclair in
Plants
17 June 2013
At the extravaganza that was BBC Gardeners' World Live last week, my friend Joe Swift gave a couple of jolly talks about shade-loving plants.
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Lily beetles
By Pippa Greenwood in
Plants
14 June 2013
I spent a delightful day in Sway last weekend. It was their open gardens day, and I was met by a gaggle of gardeners who had all kinds of gardening questions.
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Rosebay willowherb
By Kate Bradbury in
Plants
06 June 2013
My mum is on what she calls ‘The 20-Weeds-a-Day Plan’. This involves walking around the garden every afternoon and pulling up 20 weeds...
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Growing cow parsley
By James Alexander-Sinclair in
Plants
03 June 2013
I made the mistake, many years ago, of thinking that cow parsley was so lovely that I planted it (or at least shook some seed around) in my garden.
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Rain-damaged plants
By James Alexander-Sinclair in
Plants
28 May 2013
I returned home on Thursday just in time for temperatures below 10ºC and battering rains. The catmint had been bashed about something chronic by the weather...
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Impatiens downy mildew
By Pippa Greenwood in
Plants
15 May 2013
It’s always great fun making Gardeners’ Question Time programmes. Sometimes it comes with an added bonus when we get to do a feature special...
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Growing honesty
By Kate Bradbury in
Plants
10 May 2013
There are so few plants that do well in my small, shady garden, but those that do thrive deserve a medal.
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Cuckoo flower
By James Alexander-Sinclair in
Plants
07 May 2013
Sometimes the best things are the subtle things. A little rustle of wind through a tree, the distant knock-knocking of a thrush beating seven bells out of a snail...
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Damping off disease
By Pippa Greenwood in
Plants
01 May 2013
Damping off disease is a nightmare during spring. As the exciting cycle of seed-sowing continues apace, this insidious disease is waiting in the wings.
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Argentinian wildlife garden
By Kate Bradbury in
Plants
26 April 2013
In Argentina I was lucky enough to meet Fabiana, a city garden designer with a dream for a simpler life in the country.
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