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     Should You Put the Garden to Bed?
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    By Alan Down
    In Gardening, Hardy perennials, Seasonal Gardening, Trees and Shrubs, Winter colour
    Posted October 25, 2020

    Should You Put the Garden to Bed?

    I shudder every time I hear that phrase ‘put the garden to bed for winter’! Okay, so if you own a great pile and have to open your garden to raise funds to fix the hole in the roof I can [...]

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     Good bamboo plants for the garden
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    By Alan Down
    In Bamboos, Ornamental grasses
    Posted April 26, 2020

    Good bamboo plants for the garden

    Bamboo plants scare a lot of people and there is every reason to be cautious when choosing one for your garden! Some varieties of bamboo plants run or even sprint from the spot where you planted [...]

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     It’s time to plant Colourful Cornus
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    By Alan Down
    In Plant Focus, Pruning, Trees and Shrubs
    Posted September 17, 2018

    It’s time to plant Colourful Cornus

    Plant Colourful Cornus? Colourful Cornus should be planted now! November is a month of fireworks, getting used to the clocks going back, autumn mists and some late autumn leaf colour! But it is [...]

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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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