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does anyone know what it is??

if not always biennial, this looks like a perennial. Possibly one of the comphreys. Thanku for your reply nutcutlet, yes it is a perennial ( have got big fat roots!) but the leaves are slightly furry I thought comphrey's were smooth? They're quite rough by Jcblue

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23/04/2013 21:44:27

by Busy-Lizzie

I've bought a Kangeroo Paws plant- but know nothing about them,for outside?

Paws Yes it is native Australian. Adapted to SUNNY, well drained, sandy soils and drought conditions. No it won't survive a UK winter, it'll need to be kept in a heated greenhouse or indoors. Treat as a short lived perennial. 3-5 years before it heads by lucky3

08/08/2012 05:37:20

by lilypilly

Idea's for a North American Themed garden

use, and the availably of North American native plants here in the UK? also I live in North West London so any plants suited to the climate here would be super. Thanks Have a great day From a few articles I have read I thought Echinaceas and grasses by Daniel Lipton

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27/05/2012 16:58:08

by obelixx

Talkback: Native versus non-native plants

. If they don't entice people to give a home to our lovely native flora, nothing will. and what better way to celebrate her Majesty's Jubilee than to encourage the wildlife that feeds the nation. Not sure it's a native but my ceanothus is massed with blue by donutsmrs

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03/07/2012 10:42:58

by Gracie5

alliums

perennials like astrantia. When they get very tatty - I cut the ends of the leaves off - doesnt seem to do them any harm and show very well the next year too Alliums, I am assuming you mean the globe flowered alliums, like sunny and dry. The soil might be too by naomi4

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21/04/2012 12:42:40

by Berghill

Are sterile plants any good for wildlife?

its native form... There are other perennial foxgloves tho' not as showy as the new one. Ferruginea is one with light rusty coloured flowers and I've seen bees on mine. Grandiflora is another but it doesn't seem to like my winters so I always try by Lunarz

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02/08/2012 15:05:24

by obelixx

Wild Flower Planting

'd go to one of the specialists, you'll get bigger packets. don't forget there are lots of different 'meadows' The annual cornfield flowers, cornflower, poppy, corncockle don't grow in grass, they need cultivated soil as in a cornfield. The perennials by Gary Burgess

17/04/2013 14:33:06

by PaperFlowers

Growing morning glory in a hanging basket.

. As a matter of interest, ipomea is regarded as a pernicious weed, every bit as bad as bindweed, in its native habitat (Florida, I believe), where it is a perennial. Luckily, we don't have that problem here - although you may find that it seeds heavily by kate1123

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23/06/2012 20:32:26

by Hollie- Hock

Where do you grow your Allium's?

Sensation is that by the time they are in flower the leaves are dying back and look tatty, so the best place to place them is in full sun but behind low perennials such as geraniums, heucheras etc or underplanting them with low growers such as forgetmenots by lucky3

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13/05/2013 21:44:00

by Woodgreen wonderboy

Agastachegardeners sangria

native of the UK I have been led to understand and grows tall from what I've seen of it, are you able to expand on your question I am keen to add to my collection of agastaches but am trying to find out which are invasive either by runners or seed by christopher2

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24/07/2012 22:28:51

by lovetogarden

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