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    Get a great show by growing Garden Dahlias
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    By Alan Down
    In Bulbous plants, Cut Flowers, Plant Focus, tubers
    Posted July 18, 2019

    Get a great show by growing Garden Dahlias

    Garden Dahlias are one of the longest flowering plants starting in the summer months and carrying on until the autumn frosts. They provide a long season of fabulous garden colour in late summer [...]

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    A Focus on Dahlias
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    By Alan Down
    In Cut Flowers, Plant Focus, tubers
    Posted July 18, 2019

    A Focus on Dahlias

    Mid-summer is the time to focus on dahlias. No other plant rivals the Dahlia for shear brightness and brilliance!   Once the plant of choice for only the dedicated enthusiast, the Dahlia [...]

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    Sow Sweet Peas in autumn.
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    By Alan Down
    In Cut Flowers, Plant Propagation, Sowing
    Posted September 17, 2018

    Sow Sweet Peas in autumn.

    Sow Sweet Peas in autumn. If you sow sweet peas in autumn you’ll get the very best sweet peas …but by a whisker those sown in late winter or very early spring are only a smidge [...]

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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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    Back from #chelseaflowershow2022 and into the #garden !
    1st picking of broad bean Luz de Otono and there loads. @KingsSeeds_UK https://t.co/TNCG6V0eVL
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    Slugs and snails hate garlic! Here’s a simple recipe to make your own fortnightly #organic #peaticidefree spray. Credit Hogarth Hostas #chelseaflowershow2022
    @The_RHS @GdnMediaGuild @jackwallington https://t.co/SQzUcsvpUL
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    Well done Neil and Niamh!
    Great result for your very first #ChelseaFlowerShow ! https://t.co/oh7MJglfqY
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    The Judges awarded us with Silver Gilt Medal at Chelsea Flower show @The_RHS https://t.co/286lqFQhvr https://t.co/9Syr2hXr0X
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