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Greenhouse

  • Set up a capillary matting system to ensure plants have enough water if you're going away on holiday
  • Plant cold-stored potato tubers in large tubs in a greenhouse or cool porch, for harvesting at Christmas
  • Pouring water over the greenhouse floor every morning during hot weather can help to increase humidity - during periods of drought try to use grey water to help reduce mains water use
  • Plant up pots with 'Paper White' narcissus bulbs for fragrant indoor displays this Christmas
  • Remove the lower leaves of cordon tomatoes up to the lowest truss, to let more light and air reach the fruits
  • Take leaf cuttings from succulents, such as echeverias, crassula and sedums
  • Start watering dormant cyclamen to bring them back into growth after their summer rest
  • Plant flowering bulbs, such as nerines, lachenalia and veltheimia in pots indoors, for autumn and winter colour
  • Look out for pests and diseases on greenhouse plants, and treat any you find immediately
  • Harvest tomatoes, cucumbers and chillies regularly to encourage more fruits to form
  • Tackle vine weevil infestations by watering pots with a solution of biological control nematodes
  • Shade delicate plants in the greenhouse to avoid sun scorch on hot days
  • Take leaf cuttings from houseplants, including begonias, African violets and Cape primroses

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£34 £54 x 9 bare-roots + 10 free, worth £14

Posies of tiny flowers with ruff-like bracts, create sprays of star-like blooms, loved by pollinators. Plus receive free shade-loving, highly-scented lily of the valley.

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£12 £71.88 For 12 bare-roots

Varieties 'Queen of the Ocean' (blue) and 'Polar Ice' (white) bear large spherical blooms standing proudly on sturdy stems, that are popular with bees and butterflies.

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£19.99 £24.99 x 24 plugs + free feed

Early-flowering, bearing double blooms in glorious shades of pink and purple for over six months of colour. They're perfect for pots, borders and baskets in full sun or part-shade.

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