Feast for the senses

Feast for the senses

Strangely, I know some gardeners who hack the whole lot in autumn – and get the same results. So, prune when you please, unless you're growing B globosa, which blooms on last season's wood, as does B alternifolia, which should be pruned in midsummer …
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UK to fight energy product ruling

The directive allows for reduced VAT in several areas including water, food, audio books, restaurant service, gardening, nappies and energy itself – but not energy-saving products. That is even though the commission's energy policy is to improve …
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Imported plants 'are killing our country's native forests'

A leading forestry owner has warned the nation's trees are under threat from diseases being brought into Britain as a result of the booming interest in horticulture and gardening. William Theed, whose Brendon Hill forests in Somerset were the first in …
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