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    Monthly Archive for: "February, 2021"
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     Gardening on the coast
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    By Alan Down
    In Coastal Gardening
    Posted February 23, 2021

    Gardening on the coast

    Gardening on the coast provides many challenges but also golden opportunities that I envy! Let me explain. Gardening right on the coast is to be challenged by nature. And the greatest challenge [...]

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     Moth Orchid is the number 1 indoor plant!
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    By Alan Down
    In Indoor Plants, Plant breeding, Plant Review
    Posted February 21, 2021

    Moth Orchid is the number 1 indoor plant!

    Moth Orchid is the number 1 indoor plant!   Some background Once thought to be difficult and only a plant for the connoisseur, there has been a transformation in orchids! The moth orchid [...]

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     Winter scented flowers during lockdown
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    By Alan Down
    In Scented plants, Shrubs, Trees and Shrubs, Winter colour
    Posted February 15, 2021

    Winter scented flowers during lockdown

    Winter scented flowers during the Coronavirus lockdown seem more intense. As I take my daily exercise I’ve been struck by how important plant scent is. My daily walk takes me past gardens [...]

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     Deer damage to Plants
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    By Alan Down
    In Trees and Shrubs, Wildlife
    Posted February 10, 2021

    Deer damage to Plants

    Deer damage to gardens is an increasing problem in Britain. And woodland plants are being harmed too. With deer numbers in the UK at their highest level ever this problem is not going to go away! [...]

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     February Snowdrops at East Lambrook
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    By Alan Down
    In Bulbous plants, Bulbs, Gardens Visited, Winter colour
    Posted February 8, 2021

    February Snowdrops at East Lambrook

    February snowdrops have lifted our spirits during this Coronavirus pandemic! They offer the promise that spring is not too far away and that better times will soon be here. I had hoped to visit [...]

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    About Alan

    Flora and fauna have always fascinated me but it was a lifelong career in horticulture that filled most days.

    Having grown up on a farm where boyhood days were filled with discoveries of the natural world I soon found that my passion for plants – wildflowers at that time – would direct my career…

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