Winter is not even over and Spring a longed for moment that is a good month and a half away but NOW is the time to plan those summer bulb plantings. The best time to get you orders in but the plants won’t go in until March/April. We’ve included 5 of our favourites below:- Martagon…
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Plant of the Month – August – Dahlia
There are so many things to say about Dahlia selecting and growing. It’s not just the luscious gorgeous-ness of the flower nor the vibrancy of available colours nor the elegant detail of the flower shapes and sizes not even it’s excellence as a cutting material or indeed how it holds it’s own in a mixed…
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Plant of the Month – April – Dahlia
Dahlia has become something of a byword for cool of late, bolstered in some measure by flower power gurus, Sarah Raven, Blue Carrot, the fabulous Erin at Floret and a whole slew of other luscious flower champions and I like many have become enamored, nay completely overtaken by an unexpected greed for them in almost…
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Dahlia
August, well almost September is the time of Dahlia’s big and blousey through to pom pom and petite. They are making a come back into gardens and editorials but really for some have never been out of favour. The late summer blaze of colour and exuberance is completely captivating and the more you deadhead the more…
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