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Fabulous Fountain Grasses
Garden, Info, Ornament Grasses
I am not quite sure when I first fell in love with the fountain grasses but there is something rather seductive about their fluffy often almost caterpillar like cylindrical rounded heads of flower that are so enthusiastically produced over the summer months that I find it impossible to resist their particular appeal. And I have…
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Grasses for Dry Shade
Garden, Info, Ornament Grasses
Most people would agree (usually from experience!), that shade and especially dry shade is about the most difficult condition to plant successfully in our gardens. Of course there are many degrees of shade from the relatively minor shade cast by a north wall or fence to the deep shade cast by mature trees both broadleaf…
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The Show Must Go On……
Garden, Info
Even though the gardens themselves are currently closed (the nursery is very much open and busy), for the next week or two while the storm damage is made safe (see last weeks blog), this doesnt stop the annual pageant of trees and shrubs from providing their welcome displays. I have always loved woody plants and…
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Favourite Miscanthus for Garden Use
Garden, Info, Ornament Grasses
Miscanthus are a great group of ornamental grasses that can do brilliantly in our gardens giving lots of pleasure and requiring very little work in return. They are many of them and, inevitably, I have some favourites; those that stand out as being especially effective or useful. Miscanthus are really known for their fabulous displays of flower…
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When to cut back your borders
Flowering Perennials, How to, Info, Ornament Grasses
Dont do it……..at least not yet!! Not too long ago the tradition was to cut back our borders in the autumn – to ‘tidy’ them for winter. This may seem rather odd to us now, but of course when borders were based largely on flowers and not so much on shape and form and longevity…
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