Review: How to Grow the Flowers
I guessed reading How to Grow the Flowers would give me some must-grow varieties, hints on cultivation and tips for . . .
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Tag: cutting flowers
2021 Flower Gardening Trials
The 2021 Flower Gardening Trials produced an interesting mix of new blooms and a surprise favourite. Things were a little . . .
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Fairford Flower Collective Go To Chelsea
An impulsive suggestion has led to Fairford Flower Collective exhibiting at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show. I met them to . . .
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The 2020 Cut Flowers Gardening Trials
I’ve been looking back at this year’s cut flowers gardening trials and deciding what to grow next year. There seems . . .
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Sowing Seeds in Lockdown
Sowing seeds in spring is nothing new for me but being in lockdown has presented a new set of challenges. . . .
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Starting the season with sweet peas
It’s too early to really start thinking about sowing seeds but one thing I will be doing this month is . . .
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The 2019 Flower Gardening Trials
For many years, I didn’t really grow annual flowers – beyond sweet peas – but starting a cutting border changed . . .
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Celebrating British flowers at Cotswold Posy Patch
Ahead of this month’s celebration of British flowers, I’ve been to visit Cotswold Posy Patch. When I catch up with . . .
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Looking back – the garden in 2017
Gardening is so much about looking forward and getting on with jobs that need doing that sometimes it’s easy to . . .
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Dahlias break out
For years, I’ve kept my love of dahlias safely contained. Trying to grow them in borders proved impossible as plants . . .
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