JULY IN THE FRUIT AND VEG GARDEN
Tomatoes - the most widely grown vegetable (or fruit) on earth Red and white currants - why not grow them in your garden? Ready for Rosemary? gardenaction shows you how Carrots (quick maturing) Prepare for Japanese onion seed Lettuce (1st half of ... [... more]
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The Woodland Trust / Hollies / Holly
Holly is our commonest native evergreen tree, it is so popular that it is widely grown in gardens and there are numerous cultivated versions grown for their colour. [... more]
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Mahonia aquifolium 'Apollo'
The Oregon grape is the toughest and most accommodating of all the mahonias, able to grow virtually anywhere and survive the hardest winter. The basic species, introduced from North America in 1823, is widely grown beneath taller shrubs and ... [... more]
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Helleborus purpurascens
A plant that should be more widely grown, this purple-coloured hellebore flowers in early spring, usually before the new leaves emerge. The blooms can begin to open as early as mid-December. Found wild in eastern Europe, it grows in grassy alpine ... [... more]
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Crambe maritima
A traditional early crop, once widely grown and only available direct from the garden. The plants are native maritime relatives of the cabbage, and are forced to blanch the tender young stems, which have a unique mild flavour. This is usually ... [... more]
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Jasminum nudiflorum
A popular and reliable shrub, introduced from China in 1844, and widely grown as a wall shrub. It can be allowed to scramble freely over a low wall or up a bank, or trained up a vertical framework. Unlike many other jasmines, winter jasmine does ... [... more]
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