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All year plants
gardeners, or buy them cheaply from open gardens. Japanese anemones are an example. There are bulbs that flower in summer, as well as spring bulbs, and these will usually increase every yeat, such as crocosmias. I grew buddleia from seed, too. They root by incojim
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08/04/2013 21:45:26
by Dovefromabove
Iris Katharine Hodgkin
. I 'sort of' won in the end, but they were forever trying to regain the initiative.  Iris K. Hodgkin is not like a lot of the other dawrf Spring flowering Iris (reticulata species and forms), it makes nice clumps and spread well.  It obviously does by Gold1locks
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26/04/2013 22:09:50
by nutcutlet
Talkback: Plaiting garlic
Have just grown garlic for the first time, and bulbs are sound but very small (autumn planted). I shall persevere! Love your new book, Pippa - both practical and inspiring. Thanks! Our garlic has flower buds on it now, is it normal to allow them by Dawn-marie
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28/11/2011 18:36:37
by tonygreenhill
Hanging/trailing plants in full shade - any advice?
, but the only ones I can find are slightly swampy, cemetary-dwelling flowers. Please could you advise me of some bright, beautiful and not too funereal flowers that might thrive in this dark environment? Many thanks Do you want something that has Spring interest by Hogroast2
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11/02/2013 09:25:46
by Hogroast2
Bluebell
outside and wait. You'll have to wait a few years for flowers, most bulbs aren't that quick. I did have some alliums flower in 2 years on one occasion but mostly longer Could I suggest you don't collect seeds from wild bluebell as our native variety by CLER
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19/05/2013 11:41:32
by Elizabeth Winstanley
how to get rid of
could you tell me the best way to get  rid of lily beetles.and if they come from the bulbs,i had some lilys  that have just finised so i was turning the soil  over and found them in the soil  You will never completely eradicate this pest- as you by ken5
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24/08/2012 06:51:43
by gardengirl6
Talkback: Unseasonal weather
spring though I've still got Sweet Peas flowering away, I haven't seen any bulbs coming up thank goodness. I try to put the garden to bed for the winter but plants just keep on going. I have been very worried over my Spring bulbs, as they have all by kathryn.brock
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06/01/2012 22:39:12
by Benjet04
Plants still in flower
still have Fuchsias flowering in my front garden and lobelia which I grew from seed last year. My spring bulbs are popping through aswell. As much I like this very mild weather we could do with some cold weather to rid us of all the bugs.It is nice to go by ruth BAILEY
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13/02/2012 14:37:24
by animm74
Talkback: Bulbs under attack
spring bulbs have been eaten! We have had mice I'm afraid but what I'd like to know is will they still flower, once planted for next Spring, with all the bitten bits! I've used stone chips on my bulb pots for 2 years now and it does seem to protect by jude
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28/11/2011 18:37:55
by eaten bulbs!
Talkback: Daffodil care
year' bulbs in over the past few years, except last year), so are they reasonably at the end of their lives and should be replaced, or is there life in the old buggers yet?Many thanks! Do you know what is eating and destroying the flower heads on our by Bert
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22/04/2012 13:22:50
by Alina W