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How to cover a slope with ivy cuttings
times. Another possibility might be rockery bulbs planted here and there. if you buy spring bulbs now you may still find some that are reduced to 50p a pack, as I did. They wouldn't flower this year, probably, but would recover from the late planting and flower by DONS1979
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21/02/2013 19:43:39
by chilli lover
shade loving ground cover
terrace.  It has to compete with geranium macrorhizum - another good ground cover - and self seeded forget-me-nots.  The three look fabulous in spring with the flower heads on but I do cut back the flowers on the elder to stop it seeding. What doesn't look by Tigger Tom
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03/06/2012 09:35:56
by auntie betty
What did you do in your garden today?
by the front door...        I bought 8 of the box ball plants from Tesco yesterday seeing as they have them on offer - 2 x plants for £20.   Love the patio arrangement LF. The box balls show off the bulbs beautifully. I can't compete with that. I cleared a by LeadFarmer
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04/05/2013 20:43:44
by AndytheScientist
Talkback: 'Grow Your Own' Week
family have lovely flowers, make great annual climbers and don't need protection. I inter-plant peas and sweetpeas together and a lot of the lettuces are ornamental (if you can keep the slugs off!)I have put spring bulbs in round the fruit area and carrot by Jools
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28/11/2011 18:40:37
by Russ
Talkback: Garden jobs for spring
magnificent display of crocuses. A bad winter has meant that the spring flowers will all be flowering together - some tete-a-tete daffodils are already flowering, as well as pulmonaria and aconites and what a season it is for bloom and no blind bulbs. LAURA by JaneM
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28/11/2011 18:40:26
by Oohmyback
Talkback: Planting seeds and germination
to one new buddlia I planted last year? I planted a grafted wisteria on the front of my house two and a half years ago when i moved in, so far it has lots of green growth but no flowers, i thought the grafted versions were supposed to flower, am i doing by asparagus
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28/11/2011 18:30:48
by susan
Climber to cover large wall
by red hips in autumn which are good for birds.  Combine this with a clematis montana for spring flowers and a scented honeysuckle for summer flowers and you have an extended season of interest.    All offer nectar for insects and thus food for birds by Dom
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04/08/2012 22:20:30
by blairs
Talkback: Compost
and have a very small garden but LOTS of leaves are falling from trees behind the back fence I rake them from the lawn should I also remove them from the flower beds which is mainly shrubs with a few newly planted perannials and bulbs By regularly turning by compost
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28/11/2011 18:30:35
by orchid
Dogs eating everything.
which made her ill, she has also munched on some iris bulbs, are we never to have a flower garden and a dog, my fear is she will die. My husband says other people have dogs which don't do these things, I have tried to get her by the head and speak to her by Suzi
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17/04/2012 17:35:49
by Suzi
Best and worst
, especially if I've grown it from seed. Deadheading flowers in the Summer time is a close second for me. Sowing and pricking out seed I also enjoy. Also like planting spring bulbs as I know the rewards will be woth it The worst is dealing with creeping by Brumbull
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10/03/2013 10:11:49
by clogherhead