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    How to grow figs
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    By Alan Down
    In Climbing and Wall Plants, Fruit, Gardening tips, Grow your own, Organic Growing
    Posted August 5, 2021

    How to grow figs

    How to grow figs – after reading this I hope that you’ll try it yourself! Figs are often regarded as an exotic fruit and many assume that they are difficult to grow. This is not the [...]

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    Which plants to buy at Easter
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    By Alan Down
    In Climbing and Wall Plants, Evergreens, Gardening tips, Hardy perennials, Seasonal Gardening, Trees and Shrubs
    Posted March 29, 2021

    Which plants to buy at Easter

    What plants to buy at Easter might seem like an unnecessary question. But it’s surprising how many gardens look great around springtime but them lack colour at other times of the year. For [...]

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    Let’s hear it for ivy!
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    By Alan Down
    In Climbing and Wall Plants, Ground cover plants, Low maintenance gardening, Plant Focus
    Posted December 22, 2020

    Let’s hear it for ivy!

    Let’s hear it for ivy but first – Some background info Ivy is a much maligned garden plant. Builders hate it and think [wrongly] that it pulls buildings down. It all too often gets a [...]

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    Climbing Evergreen Garden Plants
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    By Alan Down
    In Climbing and Wall Plants
    Posted April 6, 2020

    Climbing Evergreen Garden Plants

    Climbing evergreen garden plants should be used more! Mention a climbing plant to most gardeners and they will think honeysuckle, clematis, wisteria or even a rose. Most of these tend to look [...]

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    Why Autumn Planting is Best
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    By Alan Down
    In Climbing and Wall Plants, Fruit, Gardening, Gardening tips, Hardy perennials, Seasonal Gardening, Trees and Shrubs
    Posted September 28, 2019

    Why Autumn Planting is Best

    Autumn Planting is best but why have we got out of the habit? When I left college and started my first job, it was common practice to plant your garden in the autumn. Now we seem to wait for the [...]

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    What you need to do to care for roses in July
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    By Alan Down
    In Climbing and Wall Plants, Gardening tips, Seasonal Gardening
    Posted July 10, 2019

    What you need to do to care for roses in July

    July rose care often gets overlooked. But a little effort now will reap dividends that in many roses leads to prolonged flowering. They say that roses grow on you and after the display that [...]

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    Growing Clematis in Containers
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    By Alan Down
    In Climbing and Wall Plants, Container gardening, Gardening
    Posted April 24, 2019

    Growing Clematis in Containers

    Growing clematis in containers is easy if you choose the best variety and use the right materials. I’m often asked to recommend a climbing plant to train up the front of a house. At this stage [...]

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    Clematis pruning simplified
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    By Alan Down
    In Climbing and Wall Plants, Gardening, Pruning
    Posted March 14, 2019

    Clematis pruning simplified

    Clematis pruning simplified – there’s a lot of confusion and a little trepidation over when and how to prune Clematis! Since they are a diverse group of beautiful climbers, I guess that is [...]

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    Chilean Plants in my Garden
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    By Alan Down
    In Climbing and Wall Plants, Exotic plants, Gardening, Ornamental trees, Trees and Shrubs
    Posted June 7, 2015

    Chilean Plants in my Garden

    During a wander around my garden recently (*) I was struck by the influence Chilean plants in my garden have on our late spring gardens! My first stop was by an as yet half grown evergreen that [...]

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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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