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    Annuals and half hardy seasonal plants

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    Time to get planting bedding plants
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    By Alan Down
    In Annuals and half hardy seasonal plants, Bedding Plants, Container gardening, Seasonal Gardening, Summer colour
    Posted May 13, 2021

    Time to get planting bedding plants

    Get planting bedding plants now and you’ll be certain of a great show this summer! What are bedding plants? Bedding plants are usually annuals. They are grown from seed each year and can be [...]

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    Baby Bedding Plants for a Fantastic Summer Display
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    By Alan Down
    In Annuals and half hardy seasonal plants, Bedding Plants, Container gardening, Gardening, Grow your own, KinderGarden plants
    Posted April 2, 2021

    Baby Bedding Plants for a Fantastic Summer Display

    Baby bedding plants can produce a fantastic summer display! If your fingers are pink and not green and if the seeds you sow never seem to come up, then growing pre-germinated seedlings is for [...]

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    Downy mildew free Impatiens
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    By Alan Down
    In Annuals and half hardy seasonal plants, Bedding Plants, Container gardening, New Varieties, Plant breeding, Plant Review, Summer colour
    Posted July 16, 2020

    Downy mildew free Impatiens

    Downy mildew free Impatiens has long been the bedding plant breeders holy grail! That’s because Impatiens, which are often called Busy Lizzies, were the number one selling bedding plant [...]

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    Plant up your pots for Summer!
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    By Alan Down
    In Annuals and half hardy seasonal plants, Container gardening, Seasonal Gardening
    Posted May 24, 2020

    Plant up your pots for Summer!

    It’s time to plant up your pots for summer! If Easter Weekend is the traditional time to plant out potatoes then surely May Bank Holiday is the time for getting a great display for summer! [...]

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    A beautiful garden with KinderGarden plants
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    By Alan Down
    In Annuals and half hardy seasonal plants, Container gardening, Gardening, Grow your own, KinderGarden plants, Seasonal Gardening, Summer colour
    Posted March 9, 2020

    A beautiful garden with KinderGarden plants

    Creating a beautiful garden with KinderGarden plants is easy but you need to start early! Wouldn’t it be great to produce a garden just like this? Well although this is a demonstration [...]

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    Modular growing of plants
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    By Alan Down
    In Annuals and half hardy seasonal plants, Gardening, Gardening tips, Grow your own, Plant Propagation, Sowing, Vegetables
    Posted February 18, 2020

    Modular growing of plants

    Modular growing of plants is on the increase and there are many advantages to raising plants this way.   This frustrating season! Here we in mid February and hardly a thing has been sown or [...]

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    It’s time to get busy with plug plants
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    By Alan Down
    In Annuals and half hardy seasonal plants, Gardening, Plant Propagation, Seasonal Gardening
    Posted March 17, 2019

    It’s time to get busy with plug plants

    Plug plants have revolutionised the growing of bedding plants for both commercial and amateur gardeners. Germinating seeds of some of our favourite bedding plants can be slow, expensive and [...]

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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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