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A few leaves left !!
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After last nights windy weather most of our remaining autumn colour is now on the floor! However Cotinus Grace has managed to keep a good few of its, by now, almost translucent leaves and is looking beautiful in todays sunshine. Probably my favourite form of all the rather wonderful smoke bushes; though we do have…
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Carex Secta
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Carex secta is a very attractive evergreen sedge from New Zealand that is proving to be a very valuable garden plant. Not only does it form wonderful rounded mounds of glossy green foliage, over a period of time it forms little ‘haystacks’ of old foliage and root that give it an appearance of a gradually…
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The Man Behind Knoll Gardens
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Neil Lucas, M.I.Hort, is the UK’s leading ornamental grass specialist, owner of Dorset-based Knoll Gardens, RHS Council Member, judge, author, and holder of ten consecutive Gold Medals at Chelsea. When not on the show circuit, either as Exhibitor or Judge, lecturing, writing, or off on plant hunting expeditions overseas, Neil spends his time tending what…
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Choose the Right Plants for your Garden
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Choosing the right plants for your gardens conditions is probably the single most important thing to get right for a successful garden. Below are some suggestions that we hope will get you started in the right direction. These lists can be guides only and it is important to read the individual descriptions for each plant….
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Welcome to Knoll Gardens blog page.
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This summer has again been rather different from what we had come to expect in our dry corner of Dorset. As with last summer, the lack of sun has not been overly welcome, but the increased rainfall has not been all bad in that many of our plants, like some of the big trees and…
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