Homestyle UK

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Only buy one or two plants at a time so you really get to know them. Find out the dos and don’ts of each plant; where it likes to live, how much water and sunlight it needs, what temperature it prefers. See your plants as something that need individu

Psychologies

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Moss – nope, not just a weed overtaking your lawn, but also a wonder skincare ingredient thanks to its soothing, moisturising and anti-infl ammatory properties. But don’t grab your trowel and attack the garden just yet, Icelandic moss is what you’re

Inside Out

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Perched on a steep incline near the water on Sydney’s lower north shore, this refined front garden bears no resemblance to the drab and unappealing space it once was. In their brief to Stark Design, the new, art-collecting owners had asked for someth

The Field

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Trout conservation projects on the Trent, Welland and tributaries of the Test, Thames, Bourne and Cam are being planned for this summer after the Wild Trout Trust raised £70,000 in this year’s auction. Trust director Shaun Leonard said the auction fu

Landscape Architecture Magazine

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Allium sphaerocephalon (Roundheaded leek) Angelica gigas (Korean angelica) Angelica stricta ‘Purpurea’ (Purple angelica) Anthriscus sylvestris ‘Ravenswing’ (Ravenswing wild chervil) Arthropodium cirratum (Renga lily) Asparagus virgatus (African broom

Better Homes and Gardens Australia

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Known as the jungle cactus because it grows in tall trees across the wilds of South America, rhipsalis can be tamed to sit perfectly proper in little pockets you can hang on your garden walls. Here’s how you do it! A bare wall invites decorative craf

Better Homes and Gardens Australia

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Like its Aussie namesake, the spiny looking and compact Aloe ‘Echidna’ is at home in some of the toughest conditions. With showy pastel-red to cream bicoloured flowers over winter, it gets to just 33cm high and wide, is bird a. racting, highly diseas

Australian House & Garden

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Karen Dickson describes the garden created by her husband Greg Palmer, as a “living meditation”. It’s easy to see why. Set in a gully near Healesville, in Victoria’s Yarra Valley, on a plot of land blessed with a running creek, a billabong and neighb

The Field

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A plant last sighted in Norfolk a century ago has made a surprise comeback by the side of a pond in Heydon. Botanists believe the seeds of the pink-flowered grass-poly (Lythrum hyssopifolium) germinated after conservation work on the pond exposed the

Homes & Gardens

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1 Start with a theme for your display – perhaps a colour or particular type of flower or foliage. Source flowers and seedheads from a florist’s. If they don’t have what you want, they can order them in for you. 2 For a free, loose design like this o

In The Moment

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Olle Eriksson has the dream job of plant consultant. Check out his feed for striking photos, stories, top tips and a chance to ask him questions. @upleafting Urban jungle enthusiasts Tina and Alex take gorgeous photos of the plants in their home – an

Amateur Gardening

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Technically, white is ‘achromatic’ – meaning that it has no colour. The white Clematis ‘James Mason’ (pictured)is named after the late actor (1909-84), who is reported to have loved white flowers. In paint charts there are more shades of white than a

Amateur Gardening

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2 The country subject of this week’s Miscellany! (7) 6 Being keen supporters of specific kind of restricted apple trees! (4) 7 This variety of silver fir is also the 45th state of the US! (4) 8 This variety of border bearded iris is also a specialist

The English Garden

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by Dr Sandy Primrose Pimpernel, £30 Remote, little-known territories have captured the imaginations of explorers for centuries, and plant hunters earned their position at the front of the travelling party a long time ago. We would be mistaken, howe

Getaway

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If you’d like to go full-on ‘San tracker’ with your friends or family, then start studying this field guide, which details not only spoor and droppings but feeding signs, tree damage, shed skin and nests and shelters – all clues for nature’s detectiv

BBC Gardeners' World

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As well as the frenzy of seed sowing, this month, I make comfrey and nettle teas from the new spring growth to use as fertiliser around the plot. It can brew away while my seedlings grow and will be ready in six weeks. The sweetcorn patch-to-be gets

The English Garden

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Autumn and winter are the times to embark upon new technical projects and few produce as many benefits for garden wildlife as a new pond. The Wildlife Pond Book is both comprehensive and practical in its guidance on building and maintenance, so if yo

BBC Wildlife Magazine

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Three projects you can get involved in: Join a volunteer ‘Friends’ group or community organisation working to improve green spaces. natfedparks.org.uk Get involved with conservation work and your local community, to transform a green space near you.

BBC Wildlife Magazine

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Similar to a skylark in size, our largest bunting is likewise streaky by nature, but with a hefty, straw-coloured bill. Its song is often likened to a jangling bunch of keys. The species’ population has crashed by 90 per cent since 1970, but it is st

go: Platteland

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STAR NURSERY In Muldersdrift, not far from the Johannesburg city centre, Linda de Luca has created a nursery and ecosystem that provide shelter for more than a thousand indigenous plants and creatures. Linda started her nursery 28 years ago with a ba

Amateur Gardening

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amateurgardening.com Daily blog and news AS I was once told: ‘The secret to a happy life, Tobias, is to find pleasure in the things you don’t like’. I was working in Germany when my boss gave me this pearl of wisdom, scooping fat from a blocked hotel

Homes & Antiques

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In the middle of the 19th century, Britain was gripped by a craze. The nation had become infatuated with the natural world, thanks to naturalists such as Charles Darwin, and what started as an appreciation for botany turned into a mad obsession for o

Amateur Gardening

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Q Do plants need feeding when they have gone dormant? Joyce Marchant, Stirling A The simple answer is that it is not necessary to feed plants when they are dormant. They are just ticking over during the winter. Wait until growth resumes in sprin

Your Home and Garden

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When designing your dried floral arrangement think about colour, texture and height. Select flowers and foliage in various sizes and colours for visual interest and remember if something isn’t looking right, gently pull it out and place it somewhere

Chicago magazine

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Beds full of desiccated plants suddenly become striking when you realize, as the Dutch garden designer Piet Oudolf has said, “Brown is also a color.” He famously creates his compositions, including Lurie Garden, with all four seasons in mind. “He thi

The Gardener Magazine

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It’s not just the plants that give me such pleasure, Deep in my garden lies its real hidden treasure. I use my garden to grow my soul, To anchor my roots, to make me whole; To understand how good it can feel To weed out life’s trivia, to nurture what

The Gardener Magazine

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There has always been a little superstition with regards to combining white and red flowers, but if you team them up with what is probably going to become the most desirable and popular silverfoliaged plant ever, bad karma will be flying out the wind

Pretoria News Weekend

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FORTUNATELY, growing peas is easypeasy. Is that where the expression comes from? The pea plant is hardy, fairly low-maintenance, not very susceptible (it seems) to insects and disease and you can plant them from mid-winter to spring. Go to: www.iol.c

Kitchen Garden

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Sow endive little and often through the summer – a short row every four weeks is usually enough to supply a family of four. The strong flavour and quick growth means that you probably won’t want to have lots of plants maturing all at once. It is imp

WHO

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Studies have found that adding just one plant to a room can improve the air quality by 25 per cent, depending on the size and species. Try these air-purifying beauties that have the NASA stamp of approval … • Bamboo palm • Peace lily • Spider plant