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Division is a quick and easy way to propagate your favourite plants for filling in gaps in your garden or swapping with your gardening friends. Depending on the resources you have at your disposal quite a number of new plants can be propagated from division. For example, if you have access to a greenhouse, or [...]

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Division is a quick and easy way to propagate your favourite plants for filling in gaps in your garden or swapping with your gardening friends. Depending on the resources you have at your disposal quite a number of new plants can be propagated from division. For example, if you have access to a greenhouse, or [...]

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Image by Steve Webel via Flickr Bamboos. Most species are hardy, but most will grow best if given shelter from cold winds. The are many different species and more detailed information is given under the species name. Some are suitable for hedges, many form thick clumps and grow quite rapidly. Excellent for show-pieces in containers [...]

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Bamboos. Most species are hardy, but most will grow best if given shelter from cold winds. The are many different species and more detailed information is given under the species name. Some are suitable for hedges, many form thick clumps and grow quite rapidly. Excellent for show-pieces in containers and a must for Japanese garden [...]

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Composting is a wonderful to recycle, help the environment, and very importantly improve the quality of your soil and plants. Compost helps to break up heavy clay, and improves water retention on sandy/ gritty soils. A suitable container for composting can be very easy to find. If you are good at DIY it will be [...]

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Image via Wikipedia Composting is a wonderful to recycle, help the environment, and very importantly improve the quality of your soil and plants. Compost helps to break up heavy clay, and improves water retention on sandy/ gritty soils. A suitable container for composting can be very easy to find. If you are good at DIY [...]

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Although some species are tender, there are also many that are hardy in the UK. The leaves are strap like and can be up to 70cms long. The flowers are borne on stems reaching to 1M tall. Flower colour varies from dark to light blue and also white. The flowering blooms are suitable for cutting [...]

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Image via Wikipedia Although some species are tender, there are also many that are hardy in the UK. The leaves are strap like and can be up to 70cms long. The flowers are borne on stems reaching to 1M tall. Flower colour varies from dark to light blue and also white. The flowering blooms are [...]

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