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Archive for April, 2015

PicPost: England my England

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06/04/2015

Rose, picture via Sociedad Argentina de Horticultura

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12 tips to save time in the garden: 7

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05/04/2015

My kind of mower….

Mowing-

Cut your mowing time in half by simplifying the design of your lawn. Avoid any awkward corners and fussy shapes by converting them to sweeping curves that are easy to cut without stopping and starting. Also remove any obstacles such as over hanging shrubs and specimen trees that will slow you down as you mow. If you have several specimens in a lawn, link them together in a single island bed.

Further information:

Mowing lawns- RHS

Source: ‘Short Cuts to Great Gardens’ (Reader’s Digest 1999)

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7 plants for a Dry Sunny Spot

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03/04/2015

Verbascum ‘Gainsborough’

1. Verbascum ‘Gainsborough’- flowers from June until August

2. Helictotrichon sempervirens (blue oat grass)- an evergreen blue-grey grass

3. Sedum telephium ‘Vera Jameson’- flowers in August/September

4. Acanthus spinosus– white flowers with purple bracts from April to July

5. Oenothera speciosa ‘Rosea’- white and pink flowers from June until September.

6. Landula angustifolia ‘Imperial Gem’- deep purple flowers in mid to late summer

7. Euphorbia palustris – bright green flowers May to June.

Sedum telephium ‘Vera Jameson’

Euphorbia palustris

Lavandula angustifolia ‘Imperial Gem’

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PicPost: Play Misty for Me

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02/04/2015

Nigella (‘Love in a Mist’) picture by Linda Bullock

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