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My top 5 evergreen shrubs for making into a low garden hedge.
My top 5 smaller evergreen shrubs that can be clipped to form a low garden hedge. A guide to 5 excellent plants for the job.
iPlantsman
Nov 26, 20226 min read


In Defence of Nature - Support Our Landscape & Wildlife over bad policy and short-sightedness.
Urgent call to action over proposed rewriting of protective legislation for food & water quality, protection of nature & legalising fracking
iPlantsman
Sep 29, 20225 min read


Top 7 Helenium for colour - Set your Autumnal garden ablaze with fiery reds, oranges and yellows.
iPlantsman Top 7 Helenium varieties to grow for Colours. Red, Orange, Yellow and Peach Coloured, Autumn flowering Herbaceous Perennials
iPlantsman
Sep 23, 20225 min read


Book Review - How to Grow the Flowers by Camila Romain & Marianne Mogendorff
Book Review - How to Do the Flowers Camila Romain & Marianne Mogendorff - Sustainable cut flower production - iplantsman review
iPlantsman
Sep 15, 20227 min read


Book Review - Shade by Susanna Grant
Book Review on Shade by Susanna Grant, a handbook to gardening within shady, especially urban shady spots, including a plant directory.
iPlantsman
Aug 21, 20225 min read


Book Review – Create a Mediterranean Garden by Pattie Barron
Book Review of Create a Mediterranean garden by Pattie Barron.
iPlantsman
Aug 10, 20226 min read


Don’t claim to love the environment & then send me a leaflet through the post!
Leaflets are not an environmentally sound way of campaigning as a political party!
iPlantsman
Apr 27, 20212 min read


Thought for today - Blog Post 09/08/2020 Late Season Interest
The value of Seedheads, fruit, winter stems & the beauty of decaying plant material should never be underestimated or ignored when designing
iPlantsman
Aug 9, 20202 min read


5 Crocosmia to grow for a range of colours
5 excellent Crocosmia varieties to grow in your garden for a range of colours.
iPlantsman
Jul 13, 20205 min read


Thought for today - Blog Post 26/05/2020 Happy accidents
I’m a lazy gardener. I hate weeding and always have. I now pretend that this is because I am experimenting with wildflowers and selfseeded
iPlantsman
May 26, 20202 min read


Impossible Plants AKA The 'difficult' 2nd prediction post
2nd prediction for Horticulture, Garden Design and Gardening in the UK for 2020.
iPlantsman
Dec 8, 20193 min read
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