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Author: Trisha - English Country Gardener

The Best Garden Pests
Container Plants / Grasses / Plant Husbandry
  • 4th March 2014
  • 9 mins
Tagged Carrot Fly, Chafer Grubs, Cryptolaemus montrouzieri, Encarsia formosa, Glasshouse Whitefly

The Best Garden Pests

The Best Garden Pests In an ideal world pests and beneficial organisms live hand in hand together, you need one to feed […]

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March Garden Jobs
Summer Bedding Plants
  • 4th March 2014
  • 4 mins
Tagged Hydrangeas, Mulching

March Garden Jobs

This is the month where there is no excuses to get out into the garden unless of course we get a batch […]

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The Wonderful Delights of Primulas
City Garden / Spring Interest
  • 27th February 2014
  • 3 mins
Tagged dividing plants, Primula veris, Primula vulgaris

The Wonderful Delights of Primulas

The Wonderful Delights of Primulas Walking around Birmingham in the depth of winter we have seen rows and rows of primulas being […]

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Spring has Happened in Easingwold
Bulbs / Container Plants / Spring Interest
  • 24th February 2014
  • 1 min

Spring has Happened in Easingwold

Very jealous news from Easingwold my home town is that the daffodils are out! and more signs of colonised crocuses beautifully taking over our […]

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Favorite House Plant
Container Plants / Perennials / Pruning / Winter Interest
  • 21st February 2014
  • 4 mins
Tagged Aloe Vera, Ceropegia linearis subsp 'Woodii', Ficus benjamina, house plants, Laetitia Maklouf " Virgin Gardener"

Favorite House Plant

My favorite house plant is one I knew nothing about. We have had the usual Poinsetta Euphoribia pulcherrima although I have to admit […]

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Jobs to Do in February Part 2
Deciduous / Grasses / Herbaceous Perennials / Perennials / Pruning / Shrubs / Winter Interest
  • 21st February 2014
  • 2 mins

Jobs to Do in February Part 2

So I might have waffled on on part 1 as I was going to put all of the jobs for Feb in […]

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Jobs for February Part 1
Container Plants / Deciduous / Herbaceous Perennials / Perennials
  • 20th February 2014
  • 4 mins
Tagged container, container plants, plants

Jobs for February Part 1

Taken from my Februarys copy of the RHS Garden and worded in my simple English. Do you have any permanent container plants? […]

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My Favorite Winter Plant for 2014
Acid Loving Plants / City Garden / Shrubs / Winter Interest
  • 20th February 2014
  • 2 mins
Tagged Hamamelis

My Favorite Winter Plant for 2014

My overall favorite winter plant this year has to be any of the beautiful weird looking Hamamelis or commonly and aptly known as […]

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Spring is Coming and We Already Feel Better For It
Bulbs / City Garden / Spring Interest
  • 20th February 2014
  • 2 mins
Tagged Crocus, Spring

Spring is Coming and We Already Feel Better For It

Today I stumbled across my first proper sign of spring in the form of a crocus Crocus in flower, yes the sun was […]

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