Weekend work: Time to tend to hanging baskets

Weekend work: Time to tend to hanging baskets

Pinch out the growing tips of greenhouse tomato plants to encourage them to concentrate on ripening their existing fruit. Continue to feed plants in tubs and hanging baskets. Tie in new growths of dahlias and chrysanthemums. Disbud dahlias regularly …
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Metroland meets the tropics: Kiwi Dave Bryson's horticultural homage to his …

The Metropolitan Line was never part of the life I once lived in London. But I had one of the classic early posters issued by the railway, promoting the cosy domesticity of these outer suburbs: hollyhocks, delphiniums and a Shirley Temple-esque child …
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VISIT KENT AND DISCOVER THE GARDEN OF ENGLAND

Some of the best-known gardens in Britain can be found here: The National Trust tends Vita Sackville-West's world-famous Sissinghurst and Winston Churchill's Chartwell, as well as the gardens of romantic historic properties such as Ightham Mote, Knole …
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