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     Grow Periwinkle Plants
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    By Alan Down
    In Gardening tips, Ground cover plants, Hardy perennials, Low maintenance gardening, Plant Focus, Weed control
    Posted March 3, 2022

    Grow Periwinkle Plants

    To grow periwinkle plants is not difficult! They are an easy to please plant that provides effective evergreen ground cover. This results in low maintenance gardening but also is good for nature. [...]

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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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    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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