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10 fabulous foliage plants

Post author By the3growbags
Post date July 11, 2025
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How do you feel about foliage? Is it just there to provide life-support for your flowers….or can it be the very star of your show? We’ve picked 10 plants that we reckon you could happily grow for their foliage alone, but which of our choices chime the most with you? It has grey-green pinnate leaves […]

Tags Viburnum, Rhododendron, Melianthus major, ferns, Macleaya cordata, Aristolochia grandiflora, Cardoons, Alchemilla mollis, Ricinus communis, teasels

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Bagging bargains – Gardening tips for late August

Post author By the3growbags
Post date August 25, 2023
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Here we are at the August Bank Holiday and no one can deny that the glorious explosion of summer garden colour is behind us. But early autumn has its real joys too! Don’t forget to savour them as we get on with tasks like sowing some parsley, nurturing self-sown seedlings and picking up bargains……. Cut-price […]

Tags bargain plants, Cardoons, plant supports, chard, Compost, parsley