Aesculus hippocastanum
A superb tree with lots of advantages. It will grow in any soil, is absolutely huge, and has wonderful white flowers at the end of spring, running into early summer, when it is definitely at its best. The flowers are followed by masses of conkers ... [... more]
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SPUR BLIGHT
A fungus disease which infects raspberries and occasionally loganberries. The spur blight fungus infects the plants in early Summer, although the symptoms only appear in August. Dark purple blotches appear which become larger, turning silver with ... [... more]
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Lycopersicon esculentum 'Sungold'
Find out how to grow Lycopersicon esculentum 'Sungold' 'Sungold' tomatoes look like sweets and taste like ones too. It is one of the sweetest flavoured tomatoes available and it produces small orange fruits from early summer to late autumn. It is ... [... more]
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Fraxinus ornus
It makes a perfectly decent, bushy, deciduous tree which doesn't get outrageously tall. It has dark green leaves but stands out in late spring and early summer when it has lashings of gently scented, creamy white flowers. Even better, the leaves ... [... more]
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Clematis florida var flore pleno
This sought after clematis has creamy white flowers with double centres which appear from early summer to early autumn. The plant's thin stems mean that it is best grown through a wall-trained shrub for support. Alternatively it can be grown in a ... [... more]
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Hemerocallis 'Golden Chimes'
While the individual blooms of daylilies last just 24 hours, they are produced in such profusion that the plant is seldom without colour in early summer. 'Golden Chimes' is a well-loved variety that the Royal Horticultural Society has given it ... [... more]
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Erodium trichomanifolium
Delightful cushion-forming alpine that forms a low mound of feathery, green foliage. This is the perfect complement to the masses of tiny pinkish-purple flowers produced throughout early summer. It makes good plant for the edge of a raised bed, ... [... more]
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Eremurus stenophyllus
These are magnificent plants, with a stately grandeur similar to delphiniums and sometimes reaching an even greater height as their stout spikes of dense 4cm (1.5in) blooms soars above all else in the early summer border. To do well, these Asian ... [... more]
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Aquilegia vulgaris 'Nora Barlow'
Flowering in early summer, aquilegias fill the seasonal gap between the last of the spring bulbs and the main flush of summer perennials. 'Nora Barlow' is one of the more interesting varieties, producing almost spherical heads made from lots of ... [... more]
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Cotoneaster horizontalis
Deciduous cotoneasters are fine plants with attractive flowers in late spring and early summer, but they are mainly grown for their brilliant displays of berries and bright leaf tints in autumn, when they become a major feature. C. horizontalis ... [... more]
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Dividing water lilies
A must have for even the smallest of ponds, water lilies need dividing every few years. Keep them healthy and prevent the pond from becoming overcrowded by dividing and replanting. Before the flowering season in spring or early summer, lift the ... [... more]
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Pittosporum tobira 'Nanum'
An attractive tender evergreen shrub that is grown for its attractive green foliage and sweetly scented, creamy white flowers which appear from late spring to early summer. The variety 'Nanum' is a lower growing compact plant that is perfect for ... [... more]
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