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Passionflower | Passiflora

This tropical climber which is a member of the Passifloraceae family is famous for its exotic, fragrant flowers with stalked ovaries and striking corona of filaments. These filaments are often arranged...

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Date Palm | Phoenix

These evergreen palms with their attractive divided foliage are native to the tropical and sub-tropical regions of Africa and Asia. The Canary Island date palm (P. canarensis), the elegant and more...

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New Zealand flax | Phormium

These evergreen shrubs, members of the Phormiaceae, are native to New Zealand. Their robust, sword-shaped leaves grow in tufts. The tubular flowers are borne in summer in panicles on leafless stems....

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Black Bamboo | Phyllostachys nigra

Black bamboo is native to China and a member of the Poaceae family. When grown in a container, it can reach a height of 3 m (10 ft). It is particularly popular for the striking colours of the jointed...

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Spruce | Picea

The pine family (Pinanceae) consists of a large number of species that can be found everywhere in the temperate regions of the northern hemisphere. Only slow-growing varieties that need no pruning...

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Pieris | Pieris Japonica

Pieris, a member of the Ericaceae family, is native to China and Japan where it grows as an evergreen shrub with an upright, bushy habit that can reach up to 3 m (10 ft) in height. The narrow, oval to...

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Providing Support for Climbing Plants

There are many climbers and shrubs which do not possess natural means of supporting themselves and therefore some type of artificial support has to be given. One of the commonest methods for brick...

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Feeding Climbing Plants

Many wall plants, once they are established and making good root growth, become strong, vigorous growers and will benefit by regular annual feeding. This is especially necessary if they are growing in...

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How to Prune Climbing and Wall Plants

Plants which are grown on a wall usually have to be kept within certain limits. To do this the plants need a periodical, usually annual, pruning or training, which is dependent on two factors, the...

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Rustic Arches and Pergolas

PERGOLAS A pergola is a series of connecting arches that not only links areas of the garden, it also provides shade and support for climbing plants and a very pleasing way of framing a view or aspect...

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Wildlife in our Hedgerows

Nature's Highways As they travel in search of food, mates and shelter, animals follow their own 'highways' - the hedgerows, walls, fences and rivers that thread the countryside of Britain. Much of the...

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Garden Design: Aspect, Soil and Climate

Garden Design: Aspect Check the aspect of your garden: Shady side: Only morning and evening sun in summer, often moist and cool. East: Morning sun, perhaps cold drying winds. Sunny side: Plants need...

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Garden Daisies

DAZZLING DAISIES DAISY-TYPE FLOWERS dominate the late summer borders together with chrysanthemums and dahlias. These heavily petalled blooms enliven the last days of summer. Aster novi-belgii ‘Lilac...

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Lemaireocereus Cactus

Lemaireocereus Commemorating Charles Lemaire, 1801-71, a famous French cactus specialist (Cactaceae). A genus of some 23 species of greenhouse succulent plants, mostly from South America, with...

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Nopalea Cactus

From the Mexican name for some of the Opuntias (Cactaceae). A genus of about 8 species of greenhouse succulent plants, formerly included in the genus Opuntia, natives of Mexico and Guatemala. The...

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Guide to Growing Herbs at Home

Herbs are handy in the kitchen and fashionable in the garden, and those with an attractive scent are doubly welcome. There is no need to make a separate herb garden, especially if you are short of...

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Persea Gratissima houseplant

Although not everybody would recognize it as Persea gratissima, many houseplant enthusiasts have grown it with varying degrees of success. It is the avocado, or alligator, pear. How successful you are...

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Growing Salad Crops

You don’t need much room to grow salad leaves; they are so productive that a bed measuring 90 x 180 cm (3x6 ft) is enough to keep a family of salad-lovers going all summer. They are very little work,...

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Growing Tomatoes in the Coronavirus Crisis Can Help Your Mental Health

Raising something you can eat is one of the most satisfying of gardening experiences, and during this current pandemic we find ourselves in and indeed at any time, tomatoes are among the most rewarding...

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