Monthly Archives: January 2011
2011 Month by Month
December 2011 It’s this time of year we are told to tidy up the garden. Cut back the dead flower heads and so on. However they provide winter protection to insects, both desired and undesirable. The dead flower heads provide … Continue reading
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Tagged anemones, beautiful, bedding plants, bluebells, close knit habit, flower buds, fragrance, front garden bedding, giveaways, hanging baskets, hardy gerberas, hellebore, jumbo plugs, Lobelia erinus 'Kathleen Mallard', old fashioned double rosebud flower, planting tulips, planting wallflowers, rain water, really good price, rust resistant hollyhock, Thompson & Morgan, Wow factor garden
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2010 Month by Month
Spring The hellebores survived, their beautiful white flowers lifted to face the sun. The Téte a Téte miniature daffodils came up strongly and lasted for ages. Some of the wallflowers I had grown from seed were rather leggy and not a … Continue reading
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Tagged Anna Pavord, autumn, back garden, blue geraniums, Bressinghams, cabbage, cloche, cold frames, cyclamen, dahlias, delphinium, flax Geranium Breathless, fox damage, front garden, frost, garden city, garden in garden city, hidcote lavender, hollyhocks, lupins, magnolia stellata, mulch, nasturtiums, penstemon, pigeon damage, propagating, ragged robin, rambling rose, ruby red fields, seed raising, seedling cyclamen, slug repellant, slugs, spring, summer, Thompson and Morgan, ventilated seed tray covers, white scabioushimalayan anemones, winter
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