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Gardens devoid of life

like stems and leaves too. I don't know why we have to have steel structures to symbolise something. Why lay down astro-turf and add dull metal. Why plain old timber when real trees could take it's place? What's wrong with a great cottage garden full by Mrs Evans

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26/05/2012 21:48:12

by AliP

any suggestions

in these conditions. If you don't know what their plants are called, try asking - a good way to meet them and make new friends. You could go to Dove cottage nurseries and gardens near Shibden Hall in Halifax or York Gate gardens near Leeds for some ideas. Both make by PLP

06/08/2012 21:12:02

by Hollie- Hock

clay soil so little choice of plants

something, i eto each plant and slowly it will improve. hi renu i also have clay soil but in spring garden full of aquilegias anemonies real old cottage plants lots of plants will grow in your soil i just dig out a big clod of clay and fill the hole up by Renu

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23/02/2013 21:19:30

by Dovefromabove

Damnation to double flowers

are preaching to the choir. i have a cottage garden and today saw a huge bumble bee go into some rocks on my bank and not come out i hope they will nest there will keep an eye on them. I think everybody on the forum knows about the decline of our bees and most by Woodgreen wonderboy

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08/03/2013 14:46:45

by chica

Broadcasting poppy seeds into the border

mum calls it a mess but i say its a cottage garden. Each to his own i guess I did this a couple of weeks ago but I think only one or two have germinated. Not sure if it was due to the bad weather or the seeds, which came from a seed swap and collected by Tim Burr

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19/05/2012 23:06:19

by lucky3

weed, plant or veggie?

Aquilegia. A pretty cottage garden flower. Looks just like an Aquilegia to me. A self-seeding flower that will pop up most places & flower the following year. Very pretty cottage garden type of spring flower, but not nec one that you may want in your veg by Mizz

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15/05/2012 11:58:01

by ladygardener2

Concrete layer in flower bed area - what can I do?

Hi - I'm a first time gardener, (my only experience to date is a few pots of gerianiums outside my front-door.) I'm trying to create a flower bed around the perimeter of my lawn but yesterday I discovered a layer of concrete in the flower bed area by Newbie Gardener

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02/08/2012 08:46:25

by Berghill

Plant Suggestions please

We are renovating our front garden. At one side we have a new 3' picket fence that is approx. 60' long. There will be grass running up to it, but at the house end the grass will taper down to nothing as it runs up to the side gate. I would like by Daisy Cottage

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27/02/2013 21:30:58

by Jcblue

THE DREAM LILAC THAT DOESN'T FLOWER...

Hi I have looked at other posts on lilac but would welcome advice. When I moved into our old cottage 4 years ago I had the beginnings of a cottage garden and wanted to develop it, I love lilac and the first thing I bought, from a newspaper offer I by greengirl2

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01/07/2012 22:09:57

by weejenny

Floppy poppies

to ripping them out and planting something else. The bed just looks a mess now! Any ideas? There is no mention of them requiring support on the info card that came with them! What kind of poppies are they? If you want a cottage garden then many plants by frustrated_gardener

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10/06/2012 09:11:45

by Mrs S

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