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for various clients. If you have not yet ordered then get your skates on as they are best bought at this time of year for winter planting. As were all plants until relatively recently - nurserymen dug up and split plants and then sent them out wrapped in paper

into groups and classifications) and Joseph Banks (who travelled with Captain James Cook and discovered many new plants). He was also one of the founders of the Royal Horticultural Society and, possibly, the only committee member of that august institution

One of the best looking plants in my garden this week is the Pokeweed or Phytolacca americana. It is always interesting when plants that are noxious weeds in some parts of the world are regarded as something interesting and unusual in others

for another list...My favourite late-flowering perennial plants, in no particular order:Rudbeckia fulgida var. sullivantii 'Goldsturm' - about 75cm high. Flowers until at least mid-October.Agastache 'Blue Fortune' - not one one for very cold parts

in - unless you enjoy being observed by passers-by - but you still want it to look good. A simple pattern of box and gravel looks fabulous (especially from upstairs windows) and is pretty low maintenance. Box also works well as edging, in order to restrain