Coming into a world of its own from early September until the first hard frosts is the Sedum 'Autumn Joy'. A strong turgid plant that can flourish in very dry conditions but needing full sun. Too much shade tends to make the stems grow leggy and saggy.
It will grace any herbaceous border with its strong colours and it is as reliable as the day is long. It is easy to propagate too. Just break a little away from the root and pot it up and it will multiply very quickly.
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Is there a genuine problem or has Hozelock conveniently used the current water shortage as a scapegoat for an ailing business?
A newsflash alerted me to this item carried by Aylesbury Today
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In my quest to find the most useful, informative and well run websites on the net I think I have come up with a little gem with 'Jane Perrone's organic allotment and garden blog' Jane has got the balance right with her blogging and she certainly looks like she knows here onions too.
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A Welsh student, inspired by the eccentric Japanese fad culture has become an importer of tiny plants which are suspended from key rings in tiny plastic pots.
Andrew Cargill who is a graphics design student and a fan of entrepreneur Richard Branson, was looking for something to bolster his student loan, and came up with the idea after looking for 'the latest Japanese craze’ on Google.
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One of my favourite plants in the herbaceous border is the Penstemon. Just generally searching on the subject I came across this very interesting article in the Falkirk Times written by Sandy Simpson of the Polmont Horticultural Society.
Browsing through the list of prize-winners at Polmont Horticultural Society’s Annual Show held on 2 September 1853 … no, that’s not a typographical error, I really was looking at the prize list for 1853 … I read that James Don, the gardener at Haypark, had won a prize for his penstemons … a competitive class that doesn’t feature in the Polmont Horticultural Society Show Schedule nowadays; and I doubt if I would recognise penstemons if some were shown.
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Any garden will tell you how important it is to have good aeration in your garden and it is something that can not be achieved properly without the use of worms.
Wormeries have become immensely popular and in time I think it is something that all gardeners should be prepared to consider. Not only for aeration but recycling in general. Almost anything organic can be recycled using worms and the bi product hugely beneficial for the garden.
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Your lawn is tired and extremely parched after the record temperatures of the summer. Getting it back into healthy shape can be frustrating, time consuming and expensive but a job that has to be done.
For the domestic gardener finding the right advice is hard and extremely frustrating. Anyone you talk to will seem to conflict with the last one but it is fair to say that any one piece of advice, will not be viable or relevant to all lawns as conditions, budget and geography affect many things.
Sisis a name that everyone in the commercial grass care business from Green Keeper to Football Groundsman will know about, do a wide range of robust equipment for the serious gardener.
There is also a very good section on turf advice for lawn care and its worth bookmarking for future reference.
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Trawling through the web I chanced on a visit to the Garden Writers Guild.
I am afraid, I have to put their website into the 'duffers' category - it does not inspire me nor reflect the level of creativity that I would expect from a garden broadcaster or journalist.
The vivid colours conjure up a feeling of illiteracy and violent head banging you might expect at a rave, yet the calmer, more thoughtful news page, is serene.
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