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Honesty is the Best Policy

By on November 12, 2011 in Flowers and Plants

Honesty plants can be enjoyed three times over. Honesty also called Lunaria annua, Money plant or in America, Silver dollar plants are bi annuals grown from seed in one year to flower in the next. They self seed quite freely.

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Flowering Ground Cover

By on June 26, 2009 in Flowers and Plants

Ground cover plants ‘beat weeds’ and many of the plants recommended below will flower year after year. Plant healthy young plants from pots or modules about 12 inches apart and the fast growing ground cover will produce a dense carpet of colour for many years. Ground Cover Selection Helianthemum grows strongly in my garden with [...]

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Growing Kerria in a Cottage Garden

By on April 18, 2009 in Flowers and Plants, Shrubs and Trees

Also known as the Japanese rose, Kerria Japonica it is a cottage-garden regular that grows dependably almost anywhere. The flowers are a distinctive single or double yellow flowers in April and May. The arching stems are thin and the leaves serrated. Varieties The modern AGM plant, Kerria japonica ‘Golden Guinea’, has very large, single flowers [...]

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