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Remember, Remember: My Top 5 Plants to grow at home for Bonfire Night on the 5th of November.
Remember, Remember: My Top 5 Plants to grow at home for interest on Bonfire Night on the 5th of November.
iPlantsman
Nov 5, 20225 min read
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Halloween - My Top 10 Plants to create a Halloween vibe in your Garden.
iPlantsman Top 10 plants to grow for Halloween interest! - Plants with Spooky names and looking good on 31st of October.
iPlantsman
Nov 2, 20228 min read
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Apples - My top 5 apple varieties to grow yourself at home for great flavour and beauty.
My top 5 Apples to grow in your garden. Grow less common varieties in your garden for flavour, colour and beauty.
iPlantsman
Oct 27, 202210 min read
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Pontederia cordata - Exotic water plant that grows well in the UK
Pontederia cordata (Pickerel Weed). An exotic looking Aquatic Plant for the gardener who has everything.
iPlantsman
Oct 4, 20222 min read
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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
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Book Review - My World of Hepaticas by John Massey with Tomoo Mabuchi
Book Review of 'My World of Hepaticas' by John Massey with Tomoo Mabuchi.
iPlantsman
Aug 11, 20227 min read
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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
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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
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RHS Tatton Flower Show 2020 - #tattonathome
A short video to celebrate RHS Tatton Park in #tattonathome. we can’t be there in person this year, but we can remember former glories.
iPlantsman
Jul 21, 20201 min read
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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
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Design Guide: Understanding and Using Scale.
A guide on how to understand and use scale in Garden & Landscape Design drawings. Technical Drawing
iPlantsman
Jan 26, 20206 min read
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Predicting the Future. Part 5. Deep Purple (well Blue and Purple)
Colour trends for 2020.
iPlantsman
Dec 17, 20192 min read
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John Brookes MBE
Obituary for veteran Garden Designer John Brookes
iPlantsman
Apr 15, 20183 min read
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The plant I miss the most
A review of my experiences growing Anisodontea 'El Rayo'
iPlantsman
Mar 31, 20184 min read
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Mantra...You’ve got to have a gimmick!
Thoughtful design based on conceptual thinking.
iPlantsman
Mar 9, 20183 min read
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