Lycopersicon esculentum 'Orange Plum'
Find out how to grow Lycopersicon esculentum 'Orange Plum' Cultivar: 'Orange Plum' 'Orange Plum' has medium-sized, rich orange fruit which are high in vitamin C and A. It produces high yielding tomatoes full of flavour and has good resistance to ... [... more]
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Picea glauca 'Arneson's Blue'
A relative of the best-selling American conifer P. glauca var. albertiana 'Conica' a bushy shrub which has been a major hit since it wasfound in 1904 in the Canadian Rockies but this 'Arneson's Blue' is even more striking. It's a dense, shaggy ... [... more]
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Verbascum, mullein
Verbascums are reliable show stoppers, adding height, structure and a profusion of colour to summer borders. Verbascums are either deciduous perennials or biennials. Be warned: the biennial varieties self-seed copiously. If possible, leave ... [... more]
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Aronia melanocarpa 'Autumn Magic'
Find out how to grow Aronia melanocarpa 'Autumn Magic' Common Name: Chokeberry Species: melanocarpa Cultivar: 'Autumn Magic' Soil type: Well-drained/light, Clay/heavy, Acidic 'Autumn Magic' is a great plant for year round interest in the small ... [... more]
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Origanum Rosenkuppel
An interesting ornamental-cum-herb which can be grown in herb gardens or to the front of the border, where it makes a short, tidy mound. The stems are purple, the leaves rounded and green, and there are domed heads of rosy purple flowers. It's a ... [... more]
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Verbascum chaixii 'Album'
This is a striking plant with rosettes of sparsely-felted, semi-evergreen foliage in winter which, in summer, have tall upright spikes of flower growing from the centre of each. These are studded with lots of single, wide-open white flowers, each ... [... more]
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Brassica oleracea Capitata Group
Flower beds and containers are often short of colour in the winter months, before spring bedding starts its main display, and the ornamental brassicas provide one way of filling the gap. Ornamental cabbages are actually edible when young, ... [... more]
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Cryptomeria japonica 'Sekkan-sugi'
A smallish, slow-growing, 1930 American version of the giant Crytomeria japonica, it makes a beautiful small conical evergreen. The new, creamy yellow spring foliage stands out against the dark old leaves; it's greenish-yellow in winter. ... [... more]
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Dogwood, Cornus
Dogwoods are fantastic in winter gardens. Their brightly coloured stems come in citrus yellow, lime, orange or fiery red. They also provide year-round appeal with marbled leaves, fabulous fruits and great autumn colour. Don't be daunted by the ... [... more]
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Geum 'Lady Stratheden'
Geums are valuable for bringing bright colours to the spring border before the main flowering season gets under way. Varieties of the wild water avens have much more subtle shapes and colouring than the better known border varieties, such as ... [... more]
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Lilium speciosum Rubrum
This dramatic looking lily is one of the last lilies to flower each summer, so place it somewhere that it will be seen and enjoyed. It flowers profusely, and its bold dark-pink speckled petals curl back on themselves as the buds open. These ... [... more]
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Astilbe 'Weisse Gloria'
The elegant plumes of colourful feathery flowers make astilbes easily recognisable, but even before they flower the ferny foliage makes a good ground-cover under neighbouring plants. The striking shape of astilbe flowers and their variety of ... [... more]
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