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Oh I wish I hadn’t planted that!

It’s time to fess up!  How many plants are there in your garden that you wish to goodness that you had never planted?  We 3Growbags need to step into the Confessional Box with 9 horticultural howlers of our own………. 1. Acanthus is an undeniably handsome plant. Its strong spikes of lipped flowers rise from dark […]

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Going to seed with grace and beauty

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I am still smarting from a passing comment a stranger who thought Caroline and I looked similar, ‘were we sisters, or perhaps mother and daughter?’ The cheek of it! It must have been Caroline’s  pink leggings and silver trainers compared to my more tasteful attire that prompted this observation (think Joan Collins versus Judi Dench) […]