There is still plenty of colour on the nursery for winter planting. Pansies. Anemones, Bellis, Cyclamen, Hellebores and Polyanthus and Primroses for the spring. In the shrub section, Mahonias and Sarcococca are in flower now; they are wonderfully scented and provide some winter food for the bees. There are also...
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Colour in your garden
Colour in your garden A lot of summer bedding hung on well into November, so some of you may not have replanted yet. We still have plenty of colourful plants to cheer you up in this gloomy weather – pansies, cyclamen, bellis – all in flower and will go on...
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Cyclamen, Primroses and Christmas Roses
The Wallflowers and winter pansies whizzed out but there is still plenty of colour. The cyclamen are looking wonderful. They are tougher than they look and will grow outside very happily. Indoors a cool room is usually recommended, but they seem to cope pretty well with heat provided you keep...
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Autumn Bedding
Autumn Bedding Now is the time to ditch those sad summer containers and plant out with autumn bedding. The sooner you do it the better your winter display will be. The days are getting shorter and the plants are slowing down, so buy larger plants and plant closer than in...
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