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10 stunning plants for early autumn

Toad lily

Oh no!  The summer is fading. The September equinox has been and gone. We have nothing to look forward to but Halloween Strictly and Christmas musak. But hang on, the garden still has some cockle-warming flowers and foliage out there, and we’d like to tell you about a few that we really rate for bringing sparkle […]

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Great Plants this Month Autumn

Symphyotrichum ericoides ‘Deep Danziger’ and other asters

Symphyotrichum 'Deep Danziger'

There are certain genera that simply must be seen in flower before you buy them, and asters (or symphyotrichum as many of them have now become) are on that list. It is oh-so-easy to be swayed by glowing descriptions on labels or in catalogues, only to find that the colour and/or height weren’t quite what you were expecting, or […]