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Hostas

favourite sights in autumn is the yellowing of the huge hostas in the gardens at Blickling Hall in Norfolk. Leave your hosta leaves to change colour gloriously, and only when they turn brown and slushy with the frosts need you clear them away to remove by tattianna

08/10/2012 13:03:56

by Gary Hobson

Ornamental grasses

Just as the late perennials are disappearing my miscanthus grasses are coming into their own. They will usually hold their flowers through the winter to make an impact. They come in a variety of foliage colours and variegation plus autumn tints by Verdun

10/11/2012 16:18:44

by Caz W

Getting rid of slugs

and applies it around the plant when the leaves emerge. The advantage over slug pellets is that this penetrates into the soil. It acidifies the soil and is used as a hydrangea colourant to keep the flowers blue. Nick Langdon of the renowned nursery Blackmoor by SwissSue

15/04/2013 04:47:10

by cilmeri

Photinia Red Robin (Photinia x fraseri)

the top colour is bright red, and look just right but all is not well, the top has leaves and colour but the bottom two thirds of the shrubs have lost here leaves over the last few years and some of the lower branches are dead there is no filling out by DTI-Dave

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18/05/2012 15:11:08

by DTI-Dave

specimen plants for north easterly aspect

north-east facing Hebe Midsummer Beauty that is no trouble in a heavily shaded corner and flowers profusely in summer, several euonymus that never complain and a couple of Acers also very happy in shade with incredible autumn colour. All of the above offer structure by topsham

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06/05/2012 08:43:58

by topsham

clay soil so little choice of plants

ground cover and Japanese anemones will give you late colour into autumn. Aquilegias for late spring colour, bergenias for foliage ineterst and late winter/early spring flowers, campanulas, knapweed, euphorbias if you like acid colours, hellebores by Renu

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23/02/2013 21:19:30

by Dovefromabove

Acers

, and see if that colours it up? All my acers receive direct sunlight between 1 - 5pm, and non of them have made any complaints about this. Thanks for your comments, I will see what happens this Autumn and take it from there. my acers havent had so many by Robert Richards

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30/05/2012 21:34:21

by J.J.

Small tree for front garden

as are some varities of Sambucus. I have amalanchier on my 'list' , They have bloosom, berries for birds and amazing autumn colour but recently have added a Cercis Forest Pansy to the list- if you google it it looks fantastic for colour and interest by Marie4

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19/03/2013 20:49:30

by lilylouise

Heathers

dazzling display of colour and if you want to propagate them just put some peat over the plant in the spring new rooted shoots will appear by autumn , Adrian Bloomhttp://thebressinghamgardens.com/ Derek by Cheerypeabrain

08/04/2013 05:06:48

by clogherhead

Pots of summer colour in partial shade

I haven't got around to the planned big tree chop this autumn/winter AGAIN so was hoping for some help with getting some summer colour in the shady bit of my garden - it needs to flower for ages - perhaps something tender or half by auntie betty

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23/02/2013 20:18:39

by Verdun

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