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Ideas for a Purple Patch

March 7th, 2010 | Gardeners Tips

This delicate little Primula ‘Elizabeth Burrow’ is not the best example of a purple patch plant as it is Read more..

Tips for Flowering Shrubs in Your Border

March 6th, 2010 | Gardeners Tips

Tips for Designing Shrub Borders Create a tiered effect in your border by using shrubs of different heights. Plant Read more..

Blue Iris and Geranium up Close and Personal

March 4th, 2010 | Gardeners Tips

True blue is not a colour that is all that common in the garden. Doubtless you have your blue favourites but these two Read more..

Crocus Colours

March 4th, 2010 | Snappy's Garden Blog

The Crocuses outside are flowering en masse now. They are like beautiful jewels growing in the grass. The colour of Read more..

Bishops Children Dahlias with Red Foliage

February 28th, 2010 | Gardeners Tips

Dahlias in the Bishop series have the darkest leaves and produce an abundance of flowers through to the first frost. Read more..

Plant Thickly for Maximum Effect

February 27th, 2010 | Gardeners Tips

Why sow one when 100 will create a staggering display? Why plant in small numbers when a surplus can be used for a Read more..

Growing Dried Flowers

February 23rd, 2010 | Gardeners Tips

I guess when they are growing they are not dried flowers so the real title should be growing flowers for drying. As Read more..

Cabbages as Ornamentals and Flowers

February 16th, 2010 | Gardeners Tips

These long stemmed cabbage flowers were in a large bunch at a local florist. Doubtless they were flown into England Read more..

Red Matching Gardens

February 14th, 2010 | Gardeners Tips

The fiery red Dahlias complement the brick work of the house in this open garden. The colour is repeated at the end of Read more..

Blue Flower and Boxes

February 4th, 2010 | Snappy's Garden Blog

We were looking at houses yesterday throughout the day. It was getting colder, and greyer as the day went on. In the Read more..
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